| Notre Dame de Paris is a Gothic, Catholic Church | | | | world to employ the flying buttress. |
| located on the eastern part of the Ile de la Cite in Paris, | | | | In circa 1790, Notre Dame de Paris underwent ruin in |
| France. Also identified as Notre Dame Cathedral, it is | | | | the radical stage of the French Revolution. A great |
| the church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris which | | | | deal of its holy images were broken or wiped out. In |
| means that it has the official chair of the Paris | | | | the 19th century, a huge repair plan was concluded, |
| Archbishop. It is commonly regarded as one of the | | | | putting back the church to its earlier condition. |
| best models of French Gothic structural design in | | | | Organ |
| France and in Europe. Notre Dame Cathedral was | | | | While numerous organs were put in the church as time |
| rebuilt and recovered from ruin by one of the most | | | | passes by, the initial ones do not fit the structure. The |
| renowned architect in France named Eugene | | | | earliest remarkable organ was completed in the 18th |
| Viollet-le-Duc. It is one of the earliest Gothic churches | | | | century by Francois-Henri Clicquot, a distinguished |
| and its creation lasted the Gothic era. The stained | | | | builder. Some of his unique pipe work remains these |
| glass and statues of the cathedral display the deep | | | | days to sound from the organ. During the 19th century, |
| inspiration of naturalism, different from that of the | | | | the organ was nearly totally reconstructed and |
| previous Romanesque style. This French flag | | | | enlarged by Aristide Cavaille-Coll. |
| architecture was one of the earliest structures in the | | | | |