The Great Churches of Paris: Le Sacré-Cœur

This Week: The Restoration Movement and the Eclectic Churches of the 19th Century The last French king, Louis-Philippe, who reigned between 1830 and 1848, was responsible for the restoration of many churches and other historic monuments in France.

The Great Churches of Paris: Notre-Dame de Paris

This week: The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris In 1163, Bishop Sully laid the first stone of his cathedral on the Île de la Cité, in the epicenter of medieval Paris.