Notre Dame in Autumn

by Patricia Januszkiewicz

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Notre Dame in Autumn

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Patricia Januszkiewicz

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Notre Dame in Paris, France in Autumn. The official name is Notre Dame de Paris meaning Our Lady of Paris and also known as Notre Dame Cathedral and is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris. The cathedral treasury houses a reliquary with the purported Crown of Thorns.

Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in France and in Europe, and the naturalism of its sculptures and stained glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque architecture. The first period of construction was from 1163 into 1240s.

Notre Dame de Paris was among the first buildings in the world to use the flying buttress (arched exterior supports). The building was not originally designed to include the flying buttresses around the choir and nave. After the construction began and the thinner walls (popularized in the Gothic style) grew ever higher, stress fractures began to occur as the walls pushed outward. In response, the cathedral's architects built supports around the outside walls, and later additions continued the pattern. The cathedral was essentially complete by 1345.

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