Notre Dame (Fr. Notre Dame de Paris) - cathedral in Paris (France) On Virgin Mary, mother Jesus Christ. One of the finest works of Gothic art. Standing on the island De la Cité, The site of the first churches Paris, Bazylyky St. Stephen. This church was built on the spot Gallo-rymskoho temple Jupiter Standing by the Roman authorities.

Inside the cathedral is considered dual stylistic influences: on the one hand, there echoes Romanesque Normandy, with his characteristic strong and dense unity, and another, the use of innovative architectural achievements of Gothic style, which adds a building gives the impression of lightness and ease of construction and vertical weight bearing structure (being a skeleton support structure it can be seen only from outside).