In 1160, the construction of the cathedral was ordered by Bishop Maurice de Sully who he died in 1196 long before it was completed - Photogallery
![Notre-Dame de Paris, Regards, Gazes, Miradas, par Pascal Lemaître, Association Maurice de Sully : Amazon.it: Libri Notre-Dame de Paris, Regards, Gazes, Miradas, par Pascal Lemaître, Association Maurice de Sully : Amazon.it: Libri](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/912ddBxqnFL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)
Notre-Dame de Paris, Regards, Gazes, Miradas, par Pascal Lemaître, Association Maurice de Sully : Amazon.it: Libri
![Un grand évêque d'Occient, Maurice de Sully, le bâtisseur de Notre-Dame : Marie-Madeleine Martin: Amazon.it: Libri Un grand évêque d'Occient, Maurice de Sully, le bâtisseur de Notre-Dame : Marie-Madeleine Martin: Amazon.it: Libri](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51BaJ66cLqL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)
Un grand évêque d'Occient, Maurice de Sully, le bâtisseur de Notre-Dame : Marie-Madeleine Martin: Amazon.it: Libri
![Paris: Notre Dame, Portal to St. Anne (South Portal), 12-13 C. Virgin & Christ Child in Romanesque tradition. Bishop Maurice de Sully, left; Louis VII, kneeling right. Maurice, Bishop of Paris, began Paris: Notre Dame, Portal to St. Anne (South Portal), 12-13 C. Virgin & Christ Child in Romanesque tradition. Bishop Maurice de Sully, left; Louis VII, kneeling right. Maurice, Bishop of Paris, began](https://galleries.friendsofsdarch.com/img-get/I0000KEVXg.dsYgs/s/860/860/Paris171.jpg)