They started building Notre-Dame in 1163!
And they got the limestone that they needed from quarries underground.
http://www.joshdlee.blogspot.ca/2012/05/notre-dame-de-paris.html
Josh is a young Jamaican-Canadian and this blog is about his music & travel adventures and anything that takes his interest. He sings bass, and studies organ, piano, violin & viola. (This blog was last updated in April 2019, and will no longer updated in the future.)