LA NOTRE DAME
Facts and history
NOTRE DAME THE BUILDING
The great cathedral took many years to build. The
building of Notre Dame continued from 1163 to
1334.
It took them over 180 years to build.
THE CATHEDRAL
Notre Dame means- for our lady of Paris.
No other building is so associated with the history of Paris
as Notre-Dame.
Standing on the Ile de la Cite on the eastern side.
The cathedral is a gothic masterpiece standing on the site
of a Roman temple.
also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre
Dame, is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral.
UNIQUE QUALITIES
Galerie des Chimeres- the cathedral’s legendary
gargoyles.
West rose window and south Rose window- these windows
depicts the virgin in a medallion of rich reds and blues.
Flying buttresses- arches leading away from the building
to hold it up. Wanted their cathedrals to be full of light, so
they would be inspiring, not dark and depressing.