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Director(s):
BLANCHARD (EMMANUEL)
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Producer(s):
FRANCE 2, PROGRAM 33
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2020
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Language(s):
English
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Rights:
TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
It was in the 12th century that the foundation stone of Notre-Dame was laid in Paris, under the impetus of Bishop Maurice de Sully. Thus began a gigantic construction site: stonemasons, blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, all the guilds were involved in building the monument.
Motivated by faith, driven by the ambition to build a cathedral whose dimensions would outshine even their wildest dreams, the builders of Notre-Dame invented a new architectural style that soon inspired the entire West: ars francigenum, or French art.