Notre Dame cathedral
| Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris | |
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View of southern facade from the Seine
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| 48°51′11″N 2°20′59″E / 48.8530°N 2.3498°ECoordinates: 48°51′11″N 2°20′59″E / 48.8530°N 2.3498°E | |
| Location | Parvis Notre-Dame – place Jean-Paul-II, Paris |
| Country | France |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Monument historique |
| Style | French Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | 1163 |
| Completed | 1345 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 128 metres (420 ft) |
| Width | 48 metres (157 ft) |
| Number of towers | 2 |
| Tower height | 69 metres (226 ft) |
| Number of spires | 1 |
| Spire height | 90 metres (300 ft) |
| Bells | 10 |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Paris |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | André Vingt-Trois |
| Rector | Patrick Jacquin |
| Dean | Patrick Chauvet |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Sylvain Dieudonné |
| Official name: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris | |
| Type | Église |
| Designated | 1862 |
| Reference no. | PA00086250 |
Notre-Dame de Paris (French: [nɔtʁə dam də paʁi]; meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture, and is among the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world. The naturalism of its sculptures and stained glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque architecture.
As the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris, Notre-Dame contains the cathedra of the Archbishop of Paris, currently Cardinal André Vingt-Trois. The cathedral treasury contains a reliquary which houses some of Catholicism's most important relics, including the purported Crown of Thorns, a fragment of the True Cross, and one of the Holy Nails.
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