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Work on Notre-Dame de Paris started in 1163, ordered by Bishop Maurice de Sully to replace an older cathedral on the Île de la Cité. Built in the Gothic style, it featured pioneering use of flying buttresses, ribbed vaults, and large stained glass windows that let masons build taller, lighter walls than before. The main structure took roughly 80 to 90 years to complete, with the nave, facade, and towers largely finished by the 1240s to 1260s, though chapels, spires, and other details were added over subsequent decades. The cathedral became a center of Parisian religious and civic life and a landmark of medieval architecture.
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Construction of Notre-Dame de Paris begins is dated to 1163.
What was Construction of Notre-Dame de Paris begins?
Work on Notre-Dame de Paris started in 1163, ordered by Bishop Maurice de Sully to replace an older cathedral on the Île de la Cité. Built in the Gothic style, it featured pioneering use of flying buttresses, ribbed vaults, and large stained glass windows that let masons build taller, lighter walls than before. The main structure took roughly 80 to 90 years to complete, with the nave, facade, and towers largely finished by the 1240s to 1260s, though chapels, spires, and other details were added over subsequent decades. The cathedral became a center of Parisian religious and civic life and a landmark of medieval architecture.
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