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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
6 Pl du Parvis Notre-Dame.
Map 13 B4. Tel 01 42 34 56 10.
Open 8am–6:30pm daily (to
7:15pm Sat & Sun). 5 8am,
9am, noon, 6:15pm (6:30pm
Sat) Mon–Sat; 8:30am, 10am,
11:30am, 12:45pm, 6:30pm Sun.
8 2pm Wed & Thu; 2:30pm
Sat (English). = Towers: Rue du
Clôitre. Tel 01 53 40 60 80. Open
. Flying Buttresses 10am–6:30pm (Oct–Mar: to
Jean Ravy’s spectacular flying buttresses at the east end 5:30pm; Jul & Aug: to 11pm Fri &
of the cathedral have a span of 15 m (50 ft). Sat). Closed 1 Jan, 1 May & 25
Dec. & ∑ notre-dame-de-
paris.monuments-nationaux.fr
Transport
q Cité. @ 21, 38, 47, 85, 96.
x Notre-Dame. h Pl du Parvis.

. South Rose Window
This south façade window,
with its central
depiction of
Christ, is an
impressive
13m (43 ft)
high.

1793 Revolutionaries loot the cathedral
1163 Foundation 1572 Marguerite de and rename it Temple of Reason
stone laid by Pope Valois marries Henri of
Alexander III Navarre (later Henri IV) 1944 Liberation of Paris
Thanksgiving ceremony
1150 1550 1750 1900 2015
1708 Choir remodelled by Louis 1795–1802 2013 The cathedral celebrates
XIV, fulfilling his father’s promise Cathedral closed its 850th anniversary
to honour the Virgin
1970 State funeral
1804 Napoleon crowns himself of General de Gaulle
Emperor of France Napoleon I

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