Tour with Mikhail Maizuls: Notre-Dame Through the Centuries
Sunday 26. April at 10:00 - 12:00
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
The Cathedral on the Island: Notre-Dame Through the Centuries
Since the early Middle Ages, two forces converged on the Île de la Cité — the secular and the sacred. Here stood the palace of rulers, from Roman governors to French kings, and rose Paris’s main cathedral, where the bishop served.
The Gothic Notre-Dame, founded in the 12th century, simultaneously preserves traces of the Middle Ages and bears the marks of later eras. The island itself, however, has changed even more: its current appearance was shaped in the 19th century, during the city’s sweeping reconstruction.
How can we imagine medieval Paris while looking at the cathedral’s facades and architectural details? How can we see Notre-Dame as the city’s medieval inhabitants once knew it?
We will walk around the cathedral, study its architecture and sculpture, search for traces of the vanished ecclesiastical quarter, explore the bridges and city life of the past — and discover where Paris’s non-Catholics once lived in the very heart of the city.
A journey through time begins here.
When: April 26 , 10:00–12:00
Where: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Tour will be held in Russian.
Speaker: Mikhail Maizuls – Historian and medievalist, Ph.D. in History. His academic interests include the religious and cultural history of Western Europe in the Middle Ages, medieval iconography, the history of religious and political iconoclasm, and visual anthropology. He is a two-time winner of the “Enlightener” prize.
Please note that tickets are non-refundable. However, you can always gift them to your friends!
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris • 6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, Paris, France
