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Notre-Dame de Paris (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris French: [nɔtʁ(ə) dam də paʁi] ⓘ; meaning "Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris"), often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, [a] [b] is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the River Seine), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Notre-Dame de Paris, 14th century. The Virgin of the pillar or Notre-Dame de Paris is a title of the Blessed Virgin that is associated with a near life-size stone statue, 1.8 metres tall, of the Virgin and Child created in the early 14th century. The statue was transferred to Notre-Dame in 1818, it was first placed in the over mantal of the ...
The Notre Dame football team's history began when the Michigan team brought the game to Notre Dame in 1887 and played against a group of students. [310] Since then, 13 Fighting Irish teams have won consensus national championships (although the university only claims 11), [ 294 ] along with another nine teams being named national champions by ...
Notre Dame is their masterpiece. That choice, I believe, is exactly of the ennobling kind of second-century theologian St. Irenaeus had in mind when he said "the glory of God is man fully alive."
The sound of Notre-Dame's bells was the first indication to many residents that the liberation of the city was imminent. [52] In his memoirs, General Dietrich von Choltitz , the German military governor of Paris, recalled how he called his superior, General Hans Speidel , and simply held the telephone out the window. [ 53 ]
French Gothic architecture was the result of the emergence in the 12th century of a powerful French state centered in the Île-de-France.During the reign of Louis VI of France (1081–1137), Paris was the principal residence of the Kings of France, Reims the place of coronation, and the Abbey of Saint-Denis became their ceremonial burial place.
Notre Dame de Paris, has a Gothic west front in which verticals and horizontals are balanced. The Renaissance façade of Sant'Andrea della Valle , Rome , is a two tiered temple with paired columns. The Spanish Baroque west front of the Romanesque Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Notre Dame (14-1) and Ohio State (13-2) meet Monday night in Atlanta for the 12-team format’s first national championship game. Ohio State’s defense is ranked No. 1 overall and No. 3 against ...