• 4th century – Cathedral of Saint Étienne, dedicated to Saint Stephen, built just west of present cathedral.
• 1163 – … 詳細

It is believed that before the arrival of Christianity in France, a Gallo-Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter stood on the site of Notre-Dame. Evidence for this includes the Pillar of the Boatmen, discovered beneath the cath… 詳細

• Towers on west façade (1220–1250)
• The gallery of chimeras pictured in 1910 by Georges Redon
• The 19th-century flèche
• The rooster reliquary at the top of the flèche. It was found lightly damaged in the rubble after the 2019 fire. … 詳細

The Gothic cathedral was a liber pauperum, a "poor people's book", covered with sculptures vividly illustrating biblical stories, for the vast majority of parishioners who were, at the time, illiterate. To add to the effect, all of the s… 詳細

• The earliest rose window, on the west façade (about 1225)
• The west rose window (about 1225)
• North rose window (about 1250) … 詳細

Unlike some other French cathedrals, Notre-Dame was originally constructed without a crypt. In the medieval period, burials were made directly into the floor of the church, or in above-ground sarcophagi, some with … 詳細

One of the earliest organs at Notre-Dame, built in 1403 by Frédéric Schambantz, was rebuilt many times over the course of 300 years, however 12 pipes and some wood survive from this ancient instrument. It was replaced betwee… 詳細