Notre-Dame de Paris

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Architecture · 1163–1345 · Paris · Europe

A benchmark of early Gothic with flying buttresses; survived the 2019 fire, reopened in 2024

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Style: Gothic — Pointed vaults, flying buttresses and stained glass: the wall dissolves into coloured light
Century: 12th century

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