Notre+Dame+of+Paris

=__**History**__ = **Notre-Dame de Paris is very old, over 800 years old!**

The full name is the Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris, and it means “the Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris”, the cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary (“our lady”) in Paris. It is usually just called Notre-Dame for short.

 Appointed bishop of Paris in 1160, ** Maurice de Sully ** decided to give the capital a cathedral worthy of France’s largest city. He wanted to build it in the style of the day. ** King Louis VII **, encouraged the project. The first period of construction was from 1164 to 1240’s. After the construction began and the building grew higher, fractures appeared on the structure. The cathedral was essentially complete by 1345. It suffered decay during the radical phase of the French Revolution and most of its religious imagery was destroyed. This cathedral is one of the main symbols of France.

__**Notre Dame (front face)**__

= **__Characteri____stics__ ** =

 It is a gothic, catholic cathedral of "Archdioceses” of Paris. One of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in France and Europe. It has gargoyles and chimeras.

Gargoyles are sculptures of animals, or sometimes people, that conceal rainwater spouts on cathedrals and other buildings. These spouts direct rainwater away from the walls of the building in order to reduce erosion of the stone. The word gargoyle means throat or gullet.

**__Gargoyles__**



//** Chimera or Grotes q u **//** es **are sculptures usually composed of body parts from several different animals that serve a purely decorative purpose on the cathedral.



__**Gothic Catholic Style**__



**__People and places__**


 *  **Bishop Maurice de Sully** conceived the idea of a cathedral for Paris, and was by far the person most responsible for its construction. He died before it was completed.

**__Bishop Maurice de Sully__**

**__Jean de Chelles__**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Jean de Chelles** was a master mason and sculptor who was one of the architects at the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame de Paris. He remodelled the transepts.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">A transept is a transverse section, of any building, which lies across the main body of the building.

__//**Transept**//__


 * <span style="color: #ff0300; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">__Floor Plan and Illustrations__ **



<span style="color: #2ebfe0; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">__**Floor Plan**__



__**Floor Plan 2**__



__**Inside of the Church**__

**__Outside of the Churche__** <span style="color: #ff0300; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**__Links__** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_de_Paris. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">http://www.atkielski.com/main/NotreDameFAO.html


 * <span style="color: #5cdd13; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Sybelle de la Cerda Monge **
 * <span style="color: #5cdd13; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Isabel Medina **