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A marvelous example of the French Gothic architecture, Notre-Dame de Paris is a medieval Catholic cathedral constructed on a small island called the Île de la Cité, in the middle of the Seine.
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In 1163, the first stone of the structure that later came to be known as the edifice measuring 130m long and 48m wide was laid in the presence of Pope Alexander III.
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The cathedral is over 800-years old and was built in several phases. The entire structure was completed over the course of 200 years, from 1163 and was completed in 1345, during the reign of King Louis VII.
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The first phase included the choir and its two ambulatories. The second phase included four sections of the nave behind the choir and its aisles. More chapel space, a choir screen, rebuilding the Episcopal palace took place in the last phase.
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During the French Revolution in the 1790s, religious imagery within the cathedral was destroyed but in 1804 it was rescued by Napoleon who was crowned Emperor inside the Cathedral. It was Victor Hugo's 1831 novel 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' that led to a major restoration project between 1844 and 1864. King Louis Philippe ordered the restoration and under the supervision of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, the cathedral's iconic spire was added.
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