Notre Dame de Paris (French for "Our Lady of Paris", means the church in Paris dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus) often known simply as Notre Dame is a gothic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité island in Paris.

Notre Dame de Paris was one of the first Gothic cathedrals, and its construction spanned the Gothic period. Its sculptures and stained glass show the heavy influence of naturalism, giving them a more secular look that was lacking from earlier Romanesque architecture.