World-famous cathedral thanks to Victor Hugo’s book « The hunchback of Notre Dame », with Quasimodo and Esmeralda, it is the most visited monument of the capital. Built more than 850 years ago, in Early Gothic style, it was dedicated to the Virgin. Outstanding rose windows, cross-ribbed vault, elegant statues and flying buttresses caracterise this building. Ransacked during the French Revolution, a major renovation started, supervised by architect Viollet-le-Duc in 1845.
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