NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL

NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL

Subject : ARCHITECTURE

Context : The rector of Notre Dame said Friday that the burned-out Paris cathedral and its esplanade could remain a building site for another “15 or 20 years.”

Concept :

     Notre-Dame de Paris

• It is a medieval Catholic cathedral located on an island in Seine River in the Paris, France.
• The cathedral is consecrated to the Virgin Mary and considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture.
• The cathedral construction began in 1160 and completed by 1260.
• In 1804, the cathedral was the site of the Coronation of Napoleon I as Emperor of France.
• It contains Holy Crown of Thorns the most precious item of Holy relics and relics from the crucifixion of Jesus- a piece of the cross on which he was nailed and one of the nails.