Notre Dame de Paris. Notre Dame de Paris (&quot;Our Lady of Paris&quot;), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame, is a historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Ile de la Cite in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known churches in the world ever built, Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris. Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, France, natural history stock photograph, photo id 28243