<Tr> <Th> Designated </Th> <Td> 1862 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Reference no . </Th> <Td> PA00086250 </Td> </Tr> <P> Notre - Dame de Paris (French: (nɔtʁə dam də paʁi) (listen); meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre - Dame Cathedral or simply Notre - Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France . The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture, and it is among the largest and best - known church buildings in the Catholic Church in France, and in the world . The naturalism of its sculptures and stained glass serve to contrast it with earlier Romanesque architecture . </P> <P> As the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris, Notre - Dame contains the cathedra of the Archbishop of Paris, currently Cardinal André Vingt - Trois . The cathedral treasury contains a reliquary, which houses some of Catholicism's most important relics, including the purported Crown of Thorns, a fragment of the True Cross, and one of the Holy Nails . </P>

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