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The Cathedral will celebrate 850 years of History, Art and Spirituality at the heart of Paris from the 12^th December 2012 to 24^th November 2013, in a year marked by many liturgical, cultural and artistic events, as well as by major renovation projects, some of which follow in the footsteps of the Cathedral’s original builders.
This anniversary year will be an opportunity to glorify this church building, which, every year, welcomes some 14 million people who come to visit, pray, and take part in the Eucharist. It will also be an opportunity to reflect on the building’s history, by way of its (...)

From June 11^th to August 20^th 2012, Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral calls upon you for its first photo contest on the theme : «Unusual looks on Notre-Dame de Paris»

During the 800^th anniversary of the cathedral in 1963, the Treasury enjoyed a new museum, respecting the framework and the desired furniture in the nineteenth century by its directors, particularly Eugène-Emmanuel VIOLLET-LE-DUC.
On the occasion of the 850 th anniversary of the cathedral in 2013, it is in this respect and the scientific basis of the recent campaign of general inventory of art of the cathedral, a new museography, anchored in the 21^st century, wants to restore clarity to the (...)

Notre-Dame de Paris has regularly welcomed thousands of visitors from the world over for Night Shows. These shows are operas composed of sounds and images and are projected on a transparent tulle screen measuring over 100 square meters hanging in the nave. These Night Shows are free of charge.

1^st and 2^nd of november 2012 : schedule of masses and events in Notre-Dame de Paris around the Solemnity of all the Saints and commemoration of all the deceased faithfuls.

From the 4^th of november 2012 to the 31^st of march 2013, in partnership with the French members of the Order of Malta Association, a breakfast is offered to the homeless every Sunday morning in a tent situated in the garden of the chevet of the cathedral.

Sunday the 11^th of november 2012 at 11 am the Bourdon of the cathedral ring to commemorate the 94^th anniversary of the Armistice of World War I. At 3 PM, like every year, an anglo french remembrance memory of all the victims of the conflict.

On the occasion of 850 years, it is a part of the square that will be invested to discover the western facade from an entirely new angle. A large structure will be deployed from the back of the square and will continue to incline to peak at five meters from the ground in front of the facade of the cathedral.
The visitor will engage in a belfry thirteen meters high in which is highlighted three stained-glass windows created in 1937 by Jacques Le Chevallier, and offered in 2011 to the (...)

Monday 24^th et tuesday 25^th december 2012, all the details...

Wednesday, 13 of march 2013, cardinals have elected Mgr Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope, successor of Benoit XVI.
Mgr Jorge Mario Bergoglio, jesuit, has chosen for his name : Francis.
Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum
Habemus Papam
Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum,
Dominum Georgium Marium
Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Bergoglio
qui sibi nomen imposuit Franciscum
Election of Pape François
Bénédiction Apostolique “Urbi et Orbi”
Frères et (...)

the saturday 23^rd of march 2013 à 5 PM

A wonderful gift for Easter