Every year around 13 million people visit the cathedral notre dame.
the construction began in 1163.
Notre Dame simply means our lady, so there are many churches devoted to the Virgin Mary called Notre Dame (Notre Dame de Chartres, Notre Dame de Rouen, etc.). The most famous Notre Dame Cathedral (with the Hugo story and Disney movie and all) is located in center of Paris.
The University of Notre Dame was founded in 1842 and created the town of Notre Dame, IN with a post office on campus
Let us assume you mean Notre Dame de Paris, and not one of the hundreds of other churches dedicated to Our Lady. In which case, the usual building dates given are 1172 to 1340. But, of course, a Cathedral is never really finished; by the time you have completed the plan, the first bits are 200 years old and need replacing, and so on.
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.
Paris is a big and old city, so everything in there is man-made, from the quays along the Seine river, the bridges, to famous monuments like the Notre-dame cathedral, the Sacré-Coeur basilica, the Eiffel tower or the Louvre palace.
Notre Dame simply means our lady, so there are many churches devoted to the Virgin Mary called Notre Dame (Notre Dame de Chartres, Notre Dame de Rouen, etc.). The most famous Notre Dame Cathedral (with the Hugo story and Disney movie and all) is located in center of Paris.
In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Napoleon I. Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the 35-year-old conqueror of Europe placed on his own head.
The Cathedral in question is the Notre Dame Cathedral.
The University of Notre Dame was founded in 1842 and created the town of Notre Dame, IN with a post office on campus
Notre Dame de Paris is considered by many people to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in the world. It also has many beautiful features, not the least of which are the famous stained-glass "rose windows," which were built in the 13th century. According to Wikipedia, The North and West windows still contain much original glass. I recommend visiting the Wikipedia cite for more architectural and historical information that would be of interest to a visitor and provides ample reason to go there should you have the opportunity to visit Paris.
Let us assume you mean Notre Dame de Paris, and not one of the hundreds of other churches dedicated to Our Lady. In which case, the usual building dates given are 1172 to 1340. But, of course, a Cathedral is never really finished; by the time you have completed the plan, the first bits are 200 years old and need replacing, and so on.
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.
The Notre-Dame Cathedral is 852 years old it celebrated it's 850th birthday in 2012. They started building in 1162. If you want to find out more about the Cathedral visit this site www notredamedeparis fr
In Notre-Dame, Paris
Lon Chaney was 40 when The Hunchback of Notre Dame was released.
Paris is a big and old city, so everything in there is man-made, from the quays along the Seine river, the bridges, to famous monuments like the Notre-dame cathedral, the Sacré-Coeur basilica, the Eiffel tower or the Louvre palace.
The old mascot for notre dame before the leprechaun was a Irish terrior named clashmore mike