Introduction to Notre Dame de Paris: Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris is a church building located on the Ile de la Cité in the center of Paris, France. It is also the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris. Notre Dame was built between 1163 and 1250. It is a Gothic architectural form and is a very important and representative one among the Gothic churches in the Île-de-France region. It was first built in 1163 and was decided by Paris Archbishop Maurice de Sully. The entire church was completed in 1345 and took more than 180 years. There are also novels, movies, musicals, etc. named after this.