Notre Dame Architecture
Why the cathedral in paris is an architectural icon.
Notre dame architecture. Meaning our lady of paris referred to simply as notre dame is a medieval catholic cathedral on the île de la cité in the 4th arrondissement of paris. The original spire was built around. Architecture of notre dame cathedral the cathedral is roughly 128 metres 420 ft in length and 12 metres 39 ft wide in the nave. Notre dame cathedral consists of a choir and apse a short transept and a nave flanked by double aisles and square chapels.
This 6 x 8 spiral notebook features the artwork notre dame architecture toned by georgia fowler on the cover and includes 120 lined pages for your notes and greatest thoughts. Notre dame cathedral is the very soul of paris but so much more it is a touchstone for all that is the best about the world and a monument to the highest aspirations of artistic achievement that transcends religion and time the metropolitan museum of art said in a statement. Notre dame de paris french. Notre dame was built in the ruins of several other medieval churches including a gallo roman temple dedicated to jupiter but notre dame de paris is by far the most well known church to stand on the site.
The interior of the cathedral is 427 by 157 feet 130 by 48 metres in plan and the roof is 115 feet 35 metres high. Principles that encourage community harmony with nature and economy of resources and energy. Mschlindwein cc by sa 3 0. The cathedral s 295 foot spire which collapsed amid flames monday was not the structure s first.
Notre dame de paris before the fire restored in the 19 century by architect eugène viollet le ducin. Its cruciform plan elevated nave transept and tower were borrowed from 11th century romanesque architecture but its pointed arches and rib vaulting were strictly gothic. Its central spire was added during restoration in the 19th century replacing the original which had been completely removed in the 18th century because of instability.