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TheGothicloftinessofNotre-DamedominatestheSeineandtheIle-de-la-CitéaswellasthehistoryofParis.Onthespotwherethismajesticcathedralnowstands,theRomanshadbuiltatempletoJupiter,whichwasfollowedbyaChristianbasilicaandthenaRomanesquechurch(theCathedralofSt.Etienne,foundedbyChildebertin528).

auricedeSully,bishopofParis,decidedtobuildanewcathedralfortheexpandingpopulation,dedicatedtotheVirginMary.Althoughconstructionstartedin1163,itwasnotcompleteduntilroughly180yearslaterinabout1345.Builtinanageofilliteracy,thecathedralretellsthestoriesoftheBibleinitsportals,paintings,andstainedglass.

Oncompletionofthechoirin1183,workwasbegunonthenaveandcompletedc.1208,followedbythewestfrontandtowersc.1225-1250.Aseriesofchapelswereaddedtothenaveduringtheperiod1235-50,andtotheapseduring1296-1330(PierredeChellesandJeanRavy).Transeptcrossingswerebuiltin1250-67byJeandeChellesandPierredeMontreuil(alsothearchitectoftheSainte-Chapelle).Thesix-partribvaultsandthethinelementsarticulatingthewallaretypicallyEarlyGothic.