La Cathédrale Notre Dame
The Notre Dame Cathedral was built in the year 1163 and was completed in the year 1345. It had taken exactly about 182 years to be finished. It was built by three architects whose name was Jean de Chelles, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus. and Peter of Monteraeu. The ruler who commissioned the building of the Notre Dame Cathedral was Bishop Maurice de Sully. The reason why it was built was because the original cathedral that was there was deemed unfit for its role by Bishop Maurice de Sully. So it was torn down and they had a new cathedral take its place. The building itself is 128 meters in length and 69 meters in both width and height. This cathedral has some interesting facts about it. It has a shrine the houses the Crown of Thorns that was forced on to Jesus during his crucifixion. Another important event that happened her was the crowning of Napoleon by Pope Pius VII. It was such a prominent event because Napoleon snatched the crown from the Pope and put it on his own head. Some famous people connected to this site is Pope Pius VII, Jesus, and Napoleon.
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