Description • Architect : Jean de Chelles & Pierre de Montreuil.
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• This is one of Paris' most famous cathedrals, and the cathedral church of the Diocese of Paris.
• The church claims to be Paris' largest and is one of the first, large examples of Gothic architecutre.
• The apse and choir section was the earliest completed section, and was built from 1163-1182. The nave was finished in 1200.
• 1250 saw the completion of the west entrance (main entrance) and towers, and the begin of the enlargement of the transepts, which were fully completed in 1275.
• The front towers remained unfinished. The spires were not taken further to the complete status of a gothic structure.
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