[70], The spire of the cathedral collapsed at 19:50, bringing down some 750 tonnes of stone and lead. The next two circles depict celebrated martyrs and virgins. The central portal of the west façade is decorated with carved figures holding circular plaques with symbols of transformation taken from alchemy. Home. The 19th-century spire was destroyed in the 2019 fire. [80][81][82][83] An international architectural competition was also announced to redesign the spire and roof. Seventy-six paintings had been donated by 1708, when the custom was discontinued for financial reasons. [110] Most of the other damaged windows were of much less historical value.[110]. [7] The cathedral came to be used as a warehouse for the storage of food and other non-religious purposes. [79], Immediately after the fire, President Macron promised that Notre-Dame would be restored, and called for the work to be completed within five years. At Notre-Dame, is the diocese of Paris doing a “little side business of its own,” to use an aphorism dear to its archbishop, Mgr. [106], The gargoyles, which were added in about 1240, had a more practical purpose. [43] The next year, on 26 June 1971, Philippe Petit walked across a tight-rope strung up between Notre-Dame's two bell towers and entertained spectators. [120], In 1766, Guillot de Montjoye and Jean-Bernard de Vienne, canons and stewards of the church fabric, donated a mechanical clock to the cathedral. [121], During Viollet-le-Duc's restoration in the 19th century, a new clock was made. Im Sommer wird mit der Restaurierung begonnen. These works came to be known as the grands mays. It was nationalized on 2 November 1789 and since then has been the property of the French state. Smoke and flames rise from the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. It was reported that the organ was not damaged in the fire of July 2019, but will need cleaning. These included the gargoyle, the chimera, a mythical hybrid creature which usually had the body of a lion and the head of a goat, and the Strix or stryge, a creature resembling an owl or bat, which was said to eat human flesh. Die Kathedrale Notre-Dame gehört zu den Pariser Sehenswürdigkeiten, die jeder gern einmal sehen möchte.Sie befindet sich auf der Pariser Seine-Insel Ile de la Cité und zählt zu den frühesten gotischen Bauten in Frankreich. He summarily demolished the Romanesque cathedral and chose to recycle its materials. The bell Guillaume, for example, was renamed three times and recast no less than five times between 1230 and 1770. Notre-Dame de Paris is a sung-through French musical which debuted on 16 September 1998 in Paris.It is based upon the 1831 novel Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) by the French novelist Victor Hugo.The music was composed by Riccardo Cocciante (also known as Richard Cocciante) and the lyrics are by Luc Plamondon.. It was seriously damaged in the French Revolution of 1830. [15] Sully decided that the new church should be built in the Gothic style, which had been inaugurated at the royal abbey of Saint Denis in the late 1130s. He rotated the window by fifteen degrees to give it a clear vertical and horizontal axis, and replaced the destroyed pieces of glass with new glass in the same style. Charles Meryon, Regarding One of the Gargoyles of Nôtre-Dame de Paris, 1853.jpg 1,329 × 2,096; 2.58 MB Additional scenes in the corners around the rose window include Jesus' Descent into Hell, Adam and Eve, the Resurrection of Christ. Master glassworkers meticulously copied styles of the 13th century, as written about by art historians Antoine Lusson and Adolphe Napoléon Didron.[41]. In the 19th century, the cathedral was the site of the coronation of Napoleon I and the funerals of many presidents of the French Republic. Statue of Thomas the Apostle, with the features of restorer Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, at the base of the spire, The two towers are 69 metres (226 ft) high, and were the tallest structures in Paris until the completion of the Eiffel Tower in 1889. Replay system. Am frühen Montagabend bricht in der Pariser Kathedrale Notre-Dame ein Feuer aus. [29], The fountain [fr] in Notre-Dame's parvis was added in 1625 to provide nearby Parisians with running water. Art historian Andrew Tallon, however, has argued based on detailed laser scans of the entire structure that the buttresses were part of the original design. [29], With the Concordat of 1801, Napoleon Bonaparte restored Notre-Dame to the Catholic Church, though this was only finalized on 18 April 1802. An important innovation in the 13th century was the introduction of the flying buttress. [92] The stained glass windows have been removed from the nave, and the flying buttresses have been reinforced with wooden arches to stabilise the structure. Many of the statues, particularly the grotesques, were removed from the façade in the 17th and 18th centuries, or were destroyed during the French Revolution. It is unknown whether this church, dedicated to Saint Stephen, was constructed in the late 4th century and remodelled later, or if it was built in the 7th century from an older church, possibly the cathedral of Childebert I. Beginning in 1963, the cathedral's façade was cleaned of centuries of soot and grime. The use of simpler four-part rather than six-part rib vaults meant that the roofs were stronger and could be higher. The earliest rose window, on the west façade (about 1225), North rose window including lower 18 vertical windows, The stained glass windows of Notre-Dame, particularly the three rose windows, are among the most famous features of the cathedral. The inner circle has twelve medallions showing the twelve apostles. The south tower was built first, between 1220 and 1240, and the north tower between 1235 and 1250. In this photo provided by Maitrise Notre-Dame de Paris soprani singer Julie Fuchs and the Notre Dame Cathedral choir recording a Christmas concert on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, inside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Die Pariser Feuerwehr hat bei Twitter ein Video veröffentlicht, in dem zu sehen ist, wie die Einsatzkräfte den Großbrand in der Kathedrale Notre-Dame löschen. [citation needed] Supervising a large team of sculptors, glass makers and other craftsmen, and working from drawings or engravings, Viollet-le-Duc remade or added decorations if he felt they were in the spirit of the original style. 1886.jpg 1,536 × 1,122; 353 KB. [96], A new phase of the restoration commenced on 8 June 2020. Pictured left to right are the tombs of archbishops Vintimille and Bellefonds, the funerary urn of archbishop Noailles, and two unidentified tombs. The newer north tower is slightly larger, as can be seen when they are viewed from directly in front of the church. Es ist eines der glänzendsten Gebäude der Geschichte. After Bishop Maurice de Sully's death in 1196, his successor, Eudes de Sully oversaw the completion of the transepts, and continued work on the nave, which was nearing completion at the time of his own death in 1208. The smoke detectors immediately signaled the fire to a cathedral employee, who did not summon the fire brigade but instead sent a cathedral guard to investigate. [94] Music was provided by the violinist Renaud Capuçon; the lectors were the actors Philippe Torreton and Judith Chemla. Notre-Dame underwent major restorations by the French architect Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc in the mid-19th century. Media in category "Chimeras of Notre-Dame de Paris" The following 145 files are in this category, out of 145 total. [2] Contamination of the site and the nearby environment resulted. [40] The decoration of the restoration included a statue of Saint Thomas that resembles Viollet-le-Duc, as well as the sculpture of mythical creatures on the Galerie des Chimères. To secure a firm foundation, it was necessary for Viollet-le-Duc's labourers to dig 9 metres (30 ft). [27], During the Renaissance, the Gothic style fell out of style, and the internal pillars and walls of Notre-Dame were covered with tapestries. [28] Finally, Jacques-Germain Soufflot was tasked with the modification of the portals at the front of the cathedral to allow processions to more easily enter it. [7][36] Many of the heads were found during a 1977 excavation nearby, and are on display at the Musée de Cluny. To produce many thin streams rather than a torrent of water, a large number of gargoyles were used, so they were also designed to be a decorative element of the architecture. Early six-part rib vaults of the nave. Where, I ask, would they find such a multipartite arrangement of so many lateral vaults, above and below? The movement was installed in a glass cabinet in the gallery beneath the north rose window and rang three bells placed outside above the north portal. : (33) 01 40 18 72 00 - Fax: (33) 01 40 03 02 26 www.xilam.com Société Anonyme au capital de 446 500 € - R.C.S PARIS : 423 784 610 - SIRET : 423 784 610 00036 - APE 921 A Die Ausgangssprache, in der der Originaltext veröffentlicht wird, ist die offizielle und autorisierte Version. But 55% of French respondents say they want the cathedral to be just as it was before, a poll finds. Paris. Monday, April 15, 2019. [33] In 1756, the cathedral's canons decided that its interior was too dark. Notre-Dame de Paris has seen sickness, revolution, floods and fire – and she has stood steadfast through it all. Additional features: Coupure Pédalier. The north tower was accessible to visitors by a stairway, whose entrance was on the north side of the tower. The rooster weathervane atop the spire contained three relics: a tiny piece from the Crown of Thorns in the cathedral treasury, and relics of Saint Denis and Saint Genevieve, patron saints of Paris. The central pillar of the central door of Notre-Dame features a statue of a woman on a throne holding a sceptre in her left hand, and in her right hand, two books, one open (symbol of public knowledge), and the other closed (esoteric knowledge), along with a ladder with seven steps, symbolizing the seven steps alchemists followed in their scientific quest of trying to transform ordinary metals into gold.[106]. The show centers on Oggy, a content and lazy, albeit very tender fat blue cat, who would usually spend his days watching TV and cooking - if it wasn't for the three pesky roaches in the household: Joey, Dee Dee and Marky (named after members of the punk group Ramones). A large crane, eighty-four metres high, was put in place next to the cathedral to help remove the scaffolding. Those that remained in the cathedral were removed or relocated within the building by the 19th-century restorers. This led to a major restoration project between 1844 and 1864, supervised by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture, is the most visited monument in France. French police opened a terrorism investigation. This controlled four dormer clock faces visible on the transept roofs, two on each side. During the liberation of Paris in August 1944, the cathedral suffered some minor damage from stray bullets. This was reaffirmed in the 1905 law on the separation of Church and State, designating the Catholic Church as having the exclusive right to use it for religious purposes in perpetuity. Michel Aupetit? If the exterior of the cathedral should be restored “to be identical,” doubts hover over the interior design, the Archdiocese having in mind a “new and different” project. Louis IX deposited the relics of the passion of Christ, which included the Crown of thorns, a nail from the Cross and a sliver of the Cross, which he had purchased at great expense from the Latin Emperor Baldwin II, in the cathedral during the construction of the Sainte-Chapelle. On 16 December 1431, the boy-king Henry VI of England was crowned King of France in Notre-Dame, aged ten, the traditional coronation church of Reims Cathedral being under French control. Tallon thus concluded that "flying buttresses were there from the get-go. Wenn Sie auf Tripadvisor buchen, können Sie bis zu 24 Stunden vor Beginn der Tour gegen vollständige Rückerstattung stornieren. The Notre Dame Cathedral Paris or Notre Dame de Paris (Meaning ‘Our Lady of Paris’ in French) is a Gothic cathedral located in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France, It has its main entrance to the west. Die Kathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris war in vielerlei Hinsicht ein Wahrzeichen Paris. This style of ringing produces a clearer tone, as the clapper strikes the bell on the upswing, called a flying clapper. During the following years, the stoplist was gradually modified by Robert Boisseau (who added three chamade stops: 8′, 4′, and 2′/16′ in 1968) and Jean-Loup Boisseau after 1975, respectively. The entire spire weighed 750 tonnes. Im Jahr 1163 gab der Pariser Bischof Maurice de Sully den Auftrag, eine Kathedrale zu errichten. After the baptism, the bells were hoisted into the towers through circular openings in the vaulted ceilings and mounted to headstocks to allow the bells to swing. Notre-Dame de Paris: When the Threat Comes From Within . In front of each group is a symbol representing one of the four evangelists: a winged ox for Saint Luke,[100] a lion for Saint Mark, an eagle for Saint John and an angel for Saint Matthew. Media in category "Chimeras of Notre-Dame de Paris" The following 145 files are in this category, out of 145 total. Emmanuel was spared destruction, but was taken down, and later remounted in 1802. The cathedral's flèche (or spire), which was destroyed in the April 2019 fire,[99] was located over the transept. A new console was installed, using the stop knobs, pedal and manual keyboards, foot pistons and balance pedals from the Jean Hermann console. Communique of the Press and Communication Service of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-Paris, November 2014. after a car containing seven gas canisters was found near Notre-Dame, a man with a hammer attacked a police officer outside, List of sculptures in Notre-Dame de Paris, Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle, the 1905 law on the separation of Church and State, List of tallest buildings and structures in the Paris region, "Part of Notre-Dame Spire Collapses as Paris Cathedral Catches Fire", "Facts on the Notre Dame Cathedral in France", "New law regarding Notre Dame says restoration must preserve its 'historic, artistic and architectural interest, "Workers start to remove charred scaffolding around Notre-Dame Cathedral", "Notre-Dame de Paris. The position of titular organist ("head" or "chief" organist; French: titulaires des grands orgues) at Notre-Dame is considered one of the most prestigious organist posts in France, along with the post of titular organist of Saint Sulpice in Paris, Cavaillé-Coll's largest instrument. The Statue of Virgin and Child inside Notre-Dame de Paris, Notre-Dame's high altar with the kneeling statues of Louis XIII and Louis XIV, Notre-Dame at the end of the 19th century, Memorial tablet to the British Empire dead of the First World War, Statue of Joan of Arc in Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral interior, Close look of the details on the Tympanum of the Last Judgment (2016), An 1853 photo by Charles Nègre of Henri Le Secq next to Le Stryge, Church in Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II, Paris, South façade and the nave of Notre-Dame in 2010 (before the, For the Archeological Crypt located outside of Notre-Dame, see, Stabilization of building and reconstruction, Excavations have failed to accurately determine the architectural history of the. In 1963, on the initiative of culture minister André Malraux and to mark the 800th anniversary of the cathedral, the façade was cleaned of the centuries of soot and grime, restoring it to its original off-white colour. By the late 1980s, several gargoyles and turrets had also fallen off or become too loose to remain in place. Legislation from 1833 and 1838 clarified that cathedrals were maintained at the expense of the French government. "Le projet de loi pour la restauration de Notre-Dame adopté par l'Assemblée nationale: Ce projet de loi prévoit des dérogations aux règles d'urbanisme pour respecter le calendrier voulu par Emmanuel Macron", "Glass, Golden Flames or a Beam of Light: What Should Replace Notre-Dame's Spire? She belongs to the world, and she needs our help. In 1765, a larger crypt was built under the nave to be used for burials of canons, beneficiaries, chaplains, cantors, and choirboys. [8] The cathedral was renowned for its Lent sermons, founded by the Dominican Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire in the 1830s. Die Flammen zerstören mehrere Teile des jahrhundertealten Bauwerks. Remains which were exhumed were reburied in a common tomb beside the high altar. [7] Heraclius of Caesarea called for the Third Crusade in 1185 from the still-incomplete cathedral. Listen free to Notre Dame de Paris – Notre Dame de Paris 2017 (Live) (Ouverture (extrait du spectacle «Notre Dame de Paris 2017») (Live), Le temps des cathédrales (extrait du spectacle «Notre Dame de Paris 2017») (Live) and more). These were made to have the same strike tones as the pre-Revolutionary bells. The south rose in the transept is particularly notable for its size and artistry. Who Will Help Save It? The window was entirely rebuilt by Viollet-le-Duc in 1861. The island is on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité. Before the buttresses, all of the weight of the roof pressed outward and down to the walls, and the abutments supporting them. To add to the effect, all of the sculpture on the façades was originally painted and gilded. Cathédrale Notre-Dame - Toiture de la nef et flèche, prises d'entre les deux tours - Paris 04 - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APMH00014095.jpg 376 × 512; 31 KB Cathédrale Notre-Dame 1.JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 2.89 MB One of the latter items was a taller and more ornate spire, to replace the original 13th century spire, which had been removed in 1786. However, on 29 July 2019, the French National Assembly enacted a law requiring that the restoration must preserve the cathedral's 'historic, artistic and architectural interest'. 86 / 90 rue notre Dame de Nazareth 75003 Paris - Tel. The decision was made to add a transepts at the choir, where the altar was located, in order to bring more light into the center of the church. On April 15, 2019, the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris was severely damaged by a massive fire. One firefighter was seriously injured and two police officers were hurt during the blaze. Die Sicherungsarbeiten in Notre-Dame laufen auf Hochtouren. [13], The chronicler Jean de Saint-Victor [fr] recorded in the Memorial Historiarum that the construction of Notre-Dame began between 24 March and 25 April 1163 with the laying of the cornerstone in the presence of King Louis VII and Pope Alexander III. Its pioneering use of the rib vault and flying buttress, its enormous and colourful rose windows, as well as the naturalism and abundance of its sculptural decoration set it apart from the earlier Romanesque style. [114] According to tradition, the bishop of Paris held a ceremony in which he blessed and baptized the bells, and a godparent formally bestowed a name on the bell. Where indeed, I ask, would they find two towers of such magnificence and perfection, so high, so large, so strong, clothed round about with such multiple varieties of ornaments? The fourth circle shows twenty angels, as well as saints important to Paris, notably Saint Denis, Margaret the Virgin with a dragon, and Saint Eustace. [68] On 15 March 2020, the dismantling and removal of the melted scaffolding from the cathedral roof and interior was halted, due to the health and safety restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The inscription reads Puisse mon sang étre le dernier versé!—May my blood be the last shed! Das fragen sich viele Paris-Besucher. More commonly known as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Victor Hugo's Romantic novel of dark passions and unrequited love, Notre-Dame de Paris, is translated with an introduction by John Sturrock in Penguin Classics.. [24][23] Master builders Pierre de Chelles, Jean Ravy [fr], Jean le Bouteiller, and Raymond du Temple [fr] succeeded de Chelles and de Montreuil and then each other in the construction of the cathedral. Taggato Notre-Dame de Paris. Between 1959 and 1963, the mechanical action with Barker levers was replaced with an electric action by Jean Hermann, and a new organ console was installed. The cathedral burned for several hours, but the foundations and the facade remained intact. November 30, 2020. The eyes of the whole world turned towards Notre-Dame in flames. Notre Dame … Notre-Dame de Paris (French: [nɔtʁə dam də paʁi] ; meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the … Napoleon also named Paris's new bishop, Jean-Baptiste de Belloy, who restored the cathedral's interior. Those works were confiscated in 1793 and the majority were subsequently dispersed among regional museums in France. The eight smaller bells, Gabriel, Anne Geneviève, Denis, Marcel, Étienne, Benoît-Joseph, Maurice, and Jean-Marie, are mounted in the north tower. Wir wünschen Ihnen als Kunde schon jetzt viel Erfolg mit Ihrem Notre dame paris feu! Die schmolzen durch den Brand und erzeugten eine enorme zusätzliche Hitze. [2][66][67] It was speculated that the fire was linked to ongoing renovation work. Charles Meryon, Regarding One of the Gargoyles of Nôtre-Dame de Paris, 1853.jpg 1,329 × 2,096; 2.58 MB. [57] A €6 million renovation of the cathedral's spire began in late 2018 and continued into the following year, requiring the temporary removal of copper statues on the roof and other decorative elements days before the April 2019 fire. [51], The Requiem Mass of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, former Archbishop of Paris and Jewish convert to Catholicism, was held in Notre-Dame on 10 August 2007. Sie ist außerdem eine der ältesten christlichen Stätte innerhalb der heutigen Pariser Stadtgrenzen. Notre Dame bei der FAZ: Hier erhalten Sie ausführliche und aktuelle Nachrichten zur Kathedrale des Erzbistums Paris. The popularity of Victor Hugo’s historical novel Notre-Dame de Paris (1831), wherein the cathedral is the setting, was said to have … Die Pariser Kathedrale Notre-Dame in Flammen. A lay chamberlain was responsible to keep the clocks filled with water and to notify a churchwarden when it was time to strike the bells for the hour. A poll published in the French newspaper Le Figaro on 8 May 2019 showed that 55% of French respondents wanted a spire identical to the original. [76], An ornate tapestry woven in the early 1800s is going on public display for only the third time in recent decades. A massive blaze at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church. See Billon 1821, p. 148 and Doré 2012, p. 203. It was found lightly damaged in the rubble after the 2019 fire. [58][59], Notre-Dame began a year-long celebration of the 850th anniversary of the laying of the first building block for the cathedral on 12 December 2012. If you'd like to find things to do in the area, you might want to stop in and see Hotel de Ville and Pantheon. Many other tombs are also located in the chapels.[112][113]. The first task of the restoration is the removal of 250–300 tonnes of melted metal tubes, the remains of the scaffolding, which remained on the top after the fire, and could still fall onto the vaults and cause the collapse of the structure. Beginning in 1190, the bases of the façade were put in place, and the first traverses were completed. The music was composed by Riccardo Cocciante (also known as Richard Cocciante) and the lyrics are by Luc Plamondon . Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit leading the international fundraising efforts to rebuild and restore Notre-Dame Cathedral. In 1858, the choir crypt was expanded to stretch most of the length of the choir. Man kann ihr charakteristischen Türme von Weitem sehen und auch die Silhouette der gesamten Kathedrale war einmalig. According to Robert of Torigni, the choir was completed in 1177 and the high altar consecrated on 19 May 1182 by Cardinal Henri de Château-Marçay, the Papal legate in Paris, and Maurice de Sully. Notre-Dame's belfry was used as the model for this diagram. They were designed to recreate the sound of the cathedral's original bells from the 17th century. 866 likes. While many of them bore the names of the medieval bells, most were relatively recent recastings made from the same metal. Firefighters arrived in less than ten minutes. Approximately 12 million people visit Notre-Dame annually, making it the most visited monument in Paris. In 1543 it was damaged by the settling of the masonry walls, and not restored until 1725–1727. In 1630, it was decided that the guild would donate a large altarpiece every year on the first of May. The tomb of archbishop Affre (1793–1848) in the Chapel of Saint-Denis. "[25] The first buttresses were replaced by larger and stronger ones in the 14th century; these had a reach of fifteen metres between the walls and counter-supports.[7]. Notre-Dame is one of seventy historic churches in France with this status. Durch das Feuer der Kathedrale von Notre-Dame de Paris in der Nacht des 4.14 zerstörte ein Feuer eines der größten Gebäude der Geschichte. 1856 illustration from Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc showing the choir during the medieval period. On 6 June 2017, at around 16:00 CET, French police shot a man who attacked a police officer with a hammer outside Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on the Île de la Cité, located in the centre of Paris. Later flying buttresses of the apse of Notre-Dame (14th century) reached 15 metres from the wall to the counter-supports. ", "Notre Dame rector sees 'maybe' 50 percent chance cathedral can be saved", "Notre Dame Cathedral, empty for Christmas, may never recover from devastating fire", "Builders back at Paris's Notre-Dame after COVID-19 shutdown", "Vénération de la Sainte Couronne d'épines à Notre-Dame de Paris", "L'émouvante interprétation de l'Ave Maria chanté par la comédienne Judith Chemla", "Incendie de Notre-Dame de Paris : le délicat démontage de l'échafaudage commence", "La catedral de Notre Dame de París sufre un importante incendio", "What are the Symbols of the Four Evangelists? Between 1990 and 1992, Jean-Loup Boisseau, Bertrand Cattiaux, Philippe Émeriau, Michel Giroud, and the Société Synaptel revised and augmented the instrument throughout. Notre-Dame is located in Notre Dame. Notre-Dame de Paris is a sung-through French musical which debuted on 16 September 1998 in Paris. Es ist das Epizentrum unseres Lebens, es ist der Maßstab, von dem aus unsere Wege beginnen. Das Flammen-Inferno, das sich 2019 in der Pariser Kathedrale Notre Dame abspielte, erschütterte nicht nur Frankreich, sondern die ganze Welt. According to Tallon, the scans indicate that "the upper part of the building has not moved one smidgen in 800 years,"[25] whereas if they were added later some movement from prior to their addition would be expected. Reconstruction could not begin before early 2021. 23 Notre-Dame de Paris HD Wallpapers and Background Images. [73], Since 1905, France's cathedrals (including Notre-Dame) have been owned by the state, which is self-insured. This budget was exhausted in 1850, and work stopped as Viollet-le-Duc made proposals for more money. Donate today! Notre-Dame de 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. Tragically, these relics are presumed to have been destroyed in the blaze that consumed the spire in April 2019. [47][48] A discreet system of electrical wires, not visible from below, was also installed on the roof to deter pigeons.