qanchalik kengaytirishga harakat qilganlar. Toshlarning yengilligi 3 8 5 T h e W orid H istory o f Architecture. London. A u g u ste C h o is y .2 0 0 9 . P .4 2 6 ( О п о с т Ш уази. В сео б щ а я история архитектуры О О О И здательство Э К С М О . 2 0 0 9 к и то б и н и н г р у с тияидап» талкинидан ф ойдал анк лган). (In 1160, b e c a m e the church in Paris had b e c o m e th e "Parisian church o f th e k in g s o f Europe”, B ish o p M aurice de S u lly d e e m e d the previous Paris cath edral, Saint-Etietme ( S t Step h en 's), w h ic h had t e e n fou n d ed in th e 4th century unw orthy o f its lo fty role, and had it d e m o lish e d sh ortly a fter h e a ssu m ed the title o f B ish o p o f Paris. A s with m o st foundation m yths, this acco u n t n e e d s to b e taken w ith a grain o f salt; a rch eological ex ca v a tio n s in the 20th century su g g e ste d that theM erovingian cathedral replaced b y S u lly w a s i t s e lf a m a ssiv e structure, with a fiv e-a isled n av e and a facad e so m e 3 6 m across. It se a m s lik e ly therefore that th e faults w ith the p rev io u s structure w ere ex aggerated by the B ish o p to h elp ju stify th e rebuilding in a n e w e r sty le . A cco rd in g to leg en d , S u lly h ad a v isio n o f » g lo rio u s n e w cathedral for Paris, and sk etch ed it o n the ground o u tsid e th e o rig in al chu rch .T o b^gin the construction th e b ish op had several h o u ses d em o lish ed a nd had a n e w road built to transport m aterials for th e rest o f th e cath ed ral C onstruction began in 1163 d uring the reign o fl-o u is V II. and o p in io n differs as to w h eth er S u lly or Pope A le x a n d e r Ш laid the foundation stone o f the cathedral. )
