Cathedral of Notre Dame; Notre Dame de Paris; Temple of Reason/Temple of the Supreme Being

View of Notre Dame from the SE
Notre-Dame_de_Paris_2013-07-24.jpg

Name of Building

Cathedral of Notre Dame; Notre Dame de Paris; Temple of Reason/Temple of the Supreme Being

Town or City, Country where the building was originally established

Île de la Cité, Paris, France

Date the building was designed and/or first built

1163 – Bishop Maurice de Sully begins construction of new cathedral.
1270 – South transept and rose window completed by Pierre de Montreuil.
15 April 2019 – A fire destroys a large part of the roof and the spire. Reconstruction begins two years later in 2021.
Fall 2024? - Notre Dame reopened after complete restoration.

Name of Architect, Builder, or Primary Patron Responsible

Patron: Maurice de Sully
Master Mason/Architect: Jean De Chelles (1250-1260)
Architect: Pierre de Montreuil (1270)

Geo-Location

48.85289032686707, 2.3499450510626616

Architectural Type

Religious

Formal Style

French Gothic

Image source

image 1:Paris_Notre-Dame_Southeast_View_01,jpg (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Paris_Notre-Dame_Southeast_View_01.JPG)
image 2:Notre-Dame_de_Paris_2013-07-24.jpg (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Notre-Dame_de_Paris_2013-07-24.jpg)

Creative Commons or other copyright information

image 1: Creative Commons
image 2: Creative Commons

Student First and Last Name

Divya Kumar-Dumas & Quint Gregory

Citation

Patron: Maurice de Sully , Master Mason/Architect: Jean De Chelles (1250-1260) , and Architect: Pierre de Montreuil (1270), “Cathedral of Notre Dame; Notre Dame de Paris; Temple of Reason/Temple of the Supreme Being,” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/2.

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