Chancel Screen
The Chancel Screen dates from late c13 to early c14th.
Taken in the interior of the cathedral.
Notre Dame de Paris is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris.
The building is an example of French Gothic architecture, shifting away from the Romanesque styles of previously. The initial period of construction was from 1163 to the 1240s, on the instructions of Bishop Maurice de Sully. During the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV additional works were carried out to 'modernise' the cathedral. In in 1845, restoration work was carried out overseen by architects Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814–79). These works lasted twenty five years and included the construction of a flèche and the addition of the chimeras on the Galerie des Chimères.
A timeline of construction:
- 1160 Maurice de Sully (named Bishop of Paris), orders the original cathedral demolished.
- 1163 Cornerstone laid for Notre Dame de Paris and construction begins.
- 1182 Apse and choir completed.
- 1196 Bishop Maurice de Sully dies.
- c.1200 Work begins on western facade.
- 1208 Bishop Eudes de Sully dies. Nave vaults nearing completion.
- 1225 Western facade completed.
- 1250 Western towers and north rose window completed.
- c.1245–1260s Transepts remodelled in the Rayonnant style by Jean de Chelles then Pierre de Montreuil
- 1250–1345 Remaining elements completed
During its history, the cathedral has seen:
1185 - Heraclius of Caesarea calling for the Third Crusade
1431 - Henry VI of England is crowned King of France.
1450 - the Wolves of Paris (who killed and ate 40 Parisians one winter) are trapped and killed on the parvis of the Cathedral.
1793 - the Festival of Reason.
1804 - coronation of Napoleon I with Pope Pius VII officiating.
In addition, numerous services and celebratory masses as well as high-level funerals.
Taken on Île de la Cité, one of Paris's two natural remaining islands, home to the heart of medieval Paris, and the point of France from where all distance is measured.
Chancel Screen
The Chancel Screen dates from late c13 to early c14th.
Taken in the interior of the cathedral.
Notre Dame de Paris is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris.
The building is an example of French Gothic architecture, shifting away from the Romanesque styles of previously. The initial period of construction was from 1163 to the 1240s, on the instructions of Bishop Maurice de Sully. During the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV additional works were carried out to 'modernise' the cathedral. In in 1845, restoration work was carried out overseen by architects Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814–79). These works lasted twenty five years and included the construction of a flèche and the addition of the chimeras on the Galerie des Chimères.
A timeline of construction:
- 1160 Maurice de Sully (named Bishop of Paris), orders the original cathedral demolished.
- 1163 Cornerstone laid for Notre Dame de Paris and construction begins.
- 1182 Apse and choir completed.
- 1196 Bishop Maurice de Sully dies.
- c.1200 Work begins on western facade.
- 1208 Bishop Eudes de Sully dies. Nave vaults nearing completion.
- 1225 Western facade completed.
- 1250 Western towers and north rose window completed.
- c.1245–1260s Transepts remodelled in the Rayonnant style by Jean de Chelles then Pierre de Montreuil
- 1250–1345 Remaining elements completed
During its history, the cathedral has seen:
1185 - Heraclius of Caesarea calling for the Third Crusade
1431 - Henry VI of England is crowned King of France.
1450 - the Wolves of Paris (who killed and ate 40 Parisians one winter) are trapped and killed on the parvis of the Cathedral.
1793 - the Festival of Reason.
1804 - coronation of Napoleon I with Pope Pius VII officiating.
In addition, numerous services and celebratory masses as well as high-level funerals.
Taken on Île de la Cité, one of Paris's two natural remaining islands, home to the heart of medieval Paris, and the point of France from where all distance is measured.