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Notre-Dame de Paris

  • Coronation of NapoleonNapoleon was crowned Emperor of the French on the 2nd of December 1804. This event marked the instantiation of a modern empire in France.
  • Notre-Dame de ParisIn 1163, Bishop Maurice de Sully laid the cornerstone for a new cathedral on the Île de la Cité. The project began with the construction of the choir and its…
  • The Coronation of NapoleonNapoleon issued an oral commission to Jacques-Louis David in September 1804. The official painter of the French Emperor began work on the 21st of December…