"Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris...was seminal in the evolution of the French Gothic style. It is 110 ft high—the first cathedral built on a truly monumental scale. With its compact, cruciform plan, its sexpartite vaulting, flying buttresses and vastly enlarged windows, it became a prototype for future French cathedrals." —John Julius Norwich, ed. Great Architecture of the World. p116.
History
Floor Plan
Framework
ÎLE DE LA CITÉ
Notre Dame de Paris: West Facade
West Rose Window
Kings of France
3 Portals
Portal of the Virgin
Portal of the Last Judgment
Portal of Saint Anne
Buttresses
Saint Denis
Angel of the Facade
The Spire
West Rose Window
South Rose Window
North Rose Window
Viollet-le-Duc’s Theoretical Reconstruction Plan