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County of Ferrette
The County of Ferrette (or Pfirt) was a feudal jurisdiction in the Middle Ages in Alsace, roughly corresponding with the Sundgau and comprising the lordships of the noncontiguous territories of Ferrette, Altkirch, Thann, Belfort, Rougemont, among oth
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Early Construction
The start of construction of the Gothic cathedral in the early 1160s at the initiative of Bishop Maurice de Sully (1160-1196) disrupted the monumental landscape at the eastern end of the Île de la Cité with a gigantic building, out of all proportion
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Visualizing The Portal
The sculptures of the central portal of Notre-Dame depict the culminating moment in history according to Christian theology: the Last Judgment. In thirteenth-century French portal sculpture, this vision of final justice, emphasized the potential of s

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