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
Concours de façades de la ville de Paris Concours de façades de la ville de Paris The concours de façades de la ville de Paris was an architecture competition organized by the city of Paris at the very end of the 19th century. The contest was held annually between 1898 and the late 1930s, with an interruption during World War I. It recognized several buildings completed during the year. The contest was set up after the creation of the rue Reaumur made in 1897. The city of Paris took inspiration from in the 1890s to promote the erection of original buildings on this street; initially restricted to the