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Notre-Dame de Paris
General Information
Project Type
Structure: |
Rib vault |
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Function / usage: |
Church |
Material: |
Masonry structure |
Architectural style: |
Gothic |
Location
Location: |
Paris ( 4th), Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
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Address: | 6 place du Parvis Notre-Dame |
Location description: |
On the Ile de la Cité |
Coordinates: | 48° 51' 11.00" N 2° 20' 60.00" E |
Technical Information
Materials
building structure |
masonry
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Chronology
1163 | First stone is laid. Bishop Maurice de Sully begins with the reconstruction of the cathedral. |
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1175 | Beginning of works on the nave. |
1177 | Choir finished except for the vaults. |
1196 | Roof construction on-going. |
1210 | Work on the western façade begins. |
1215 | Western spans of the nave are completed. |
1220 | Modification of the flying buttresses. Construction of buttresses to take wind loads on top of the gutter walls. |
1220 | Rose in western façade (diameter 9.60 m). |
1220 - 1225 |
Towers are finished. |
1230 | Beginning of enlargement of high windows. |
1230 - 1240 |
Eastern chapels at the northern end of the nave by Pierre de Montreuil. |
1245 - 1248 |
Chapels near the choir by Pierre de Montreuil. |
ca. 1245 - 1296 |
Northern transept - widening of one span, chapels and façade according to plans by Jean de Chelles. |
1250 | Northern rose by Jean de Chelles (diameter 12.90 m). |
1258 | Southern transept - widening of one span and façade by Jean Chelles the Pierre de Montreuil. |
1260 | Southern rose by Pierre de Montreuil (diameter 12.90 m). |
1725 - 1727 |
Reconstruction of the southern rose by Claude Penel under the guidance of architect Boffrant and at the cost of the Cardinal de Noailles. |
1844 | Beginning of restoration works by Viollet-le-Duc. |
1861 | Restoration of the southern rose by Viollet-le-Duc who modifies the outer tracings. |
Participants
- Maurice de Sully (initiator)
- Pierre de Montreuil (architect)
- Auguste Guenepin (architect)
- Jean de Chelles (architect)
- Paul Abadie (architect)
- Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (architect)
- Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
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Discover France! Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
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Earthlore: Notre Dame de Paris
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Great Buildings Online: Notre Dame de Paris
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Insecula: Archictecture de Notre-Dame de Paris
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Insecula: Histoire de Notre-Dame de Paris
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L'architecture religieuse en Occident: Notre-Dame de Paris
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L'histoire par l'image: Notre-Dame de Paris
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Mary Ann Sullivan: Tympana of the West Front, Notre Dame (the Cathedral of Paris)
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Ministère de la Culture: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
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Notre Dame, Paris (Mary Ann Sullivan)
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Notre-Dame de Paris
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Pbase: Notre-Dame de Paris
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Photo-en-Ligne: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Paris
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Romanes.com: Notre Dame de Paris
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Université du Québec: Musique: Orgues: France: Cathédrale Notre-Dame
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Wikipedia: Notre Dame de Paris
Relevant Publications
- L'architecture gothique en France 1130-1270. Flammarion, Paris (France), pp. 575. (1990):
- Art & Architecture in Medieval France. Medieval Architecture, Sculpture, Stained Glass, Manuscripts, the Art of the Church Treasuries. Icon Editions (Harper & Row Publishers), New York (USA), pp. 136-145. (1972):
- L'art de Paris. Editions Place des Victoires, Paris (France). (2003):
- Les bâtisseurs des cathédrales gothiques. Editions Les musées de la ville de Strasbourg, Strasbourg (France), pp. 498. (1989):
- Cathédrales de France. Editions des Deux-Mondes, Paris (France), pp. 216. (1963):
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20000272 - Date created
21/05/1999 - Last Update
16/05/2015