from the Saint Michel metro stop, there is only 2/3 minutes walk to Notre Dame cathedral (about 300 metres, just a small block away from Saint Michel)
Saint Michel or Châtelet
Saint-Michel Basilica-Cathedral was created in 1959.
Gare de Saint-Michel-Notre-Dame was created in 1979.
- metro line 4 or RER B, get off at station "Cité" (50 meters) - or RER line C, leave at station "Saint Michel - Notre Dame" (200 meters) - or metro lines 1, 7, 11, 14, leave at station "Chatelet les Halles" (300/400 meters)
It is midway between Saint-Michel-Notre-Dame and Luxembourg on Line B.
There is no Notre-Dame metro station. The nearest is Cité. It takes about 15 minutes from there to Gare du Nord. The Saint-Michel-Notre-Dame station (metro and RER) is slightly further from both.
the "quartier latin" is located on the left bank of the Seine river, close to Notre Dame Cathedral. It is the district surrounding the boulevard Saint-Michel, from the banks of the Seine and up to the Sorbonne.
While the question does not specify which "Notre Dame" cathedral is meant (because there are many cathedrals with this name), the name "Notre Dame" indicates that it is a church dedicated to "Our Lady" (which is what the French phrase means.) "Our Lady" always means "the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ." Thus, the patronal saint of a cathedral named "Notre Dame" would be St. Mary, the mother of Christ.
No. The Notre Dame cathedral is the best known in France, but not eventhe second largest in France alone. Its total area is 5,500 square meters. The Saint Etienne Cathedral in Bourges has an area of 5,900 square meters, and the Notre Dame Cathedral in Amiens (also a world heritage site) has a roofed area of 7,700 square meters. Its inside volume is nearly double of Notre Dame de Paris'.In Germany, the cathedral of Koln has an area of 7,900 square meters (measured at ground level)No. The Notre Dame cathedral is the best known in France, but not eventhe second largest in France alone. Its total area is 5,500 square meters. The Saint Etienne Cathedral in Bourges has an area of 5,900 square meters, and the Notre Dame Cathedral in Amiens (also a world heritage site) has a roofed area of 7,700 square meters. Its inside volume is nearly double of Notre Dame de Paris'.In Germany, the cathedral of Koln has an area of 7,900 square meters (measured at ground level)
Bishop Maurice de Sully who called for the original cathedral (Saint-Étienne or St Stephen's) to be demolished and for the Notre Dame to be constructed.
France has many historical places. Notre Dame Cathedral, Louvre, Versailles, Lascaux Caves, Mont Saint-Michel, Nimes Arena, Eiffel Tower, Carcassonne, Paris Catacombs, and Grotte de Font de Gaume.
In the town of Paris the cathedral Notre Dame is the first visited site and the basilica "du Sacré-Coeur" on the hill of Montmartre is the second most visited site. Then comes the Louvre museum and the Eiffel tower.