History of Paris flooded the church with light. This style, which later was named Gothic, was copied by other Paris churches: the Priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs, Saint-Pierre de Montmartre, and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and quickly spread to England and Germany. An even more ambitious building project, a new cathedral for Paris, was begun by bishop Maurice de Sully in about 1160, and it continued for two centuries. The first stone of the choir of the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris was laid in 1163, and the altar was consecrated in 1182. The façade was built between 1200 and 1225, and the two towers were built
Paris in the 17th century title, "Nouvelles ordinaries de divers androids". In the same year the prominent Parisian doctor and philanthropist, Théophraste Renaudot, launched a weekly newspaper, "La Gazette". Renaudot had good connections with Cardinal Richelieu, and his new paper was given royal patronage; "La Gazette" took over the earlier newspaper, and also became the first to have advertising. Later, in 1762, under the name "Gazette de France", it became the official newspaper of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1665, a new weekly, "Le Journal des savants" appeared, followed in 1672 by "Le Mercure Galant". which in 1724 became the "Mercure de France". The