Au fil des siècles, monarques et gouvernants viennent confier le destin de la France à Notre-Dame de Paris. De Saint Louis à de Gaulle, illustrations d’une nation protégée par la chrétienté.

3521409 Engraving depicting St. Louis in solemn procession bearing the crown of thrones to the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Saint Louis in solemn procession bearing the crown of thrones to the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris); Universal History Archive/UIG; it is possible that some works by this artist may be protected by third party rights in some territories.

« Sacre de l’Empereur Napoleon Ier et Couronnement de l’Imperatrice Josephine a Notre-Dame le 2 decembre 1804 » Peinture de Jacques Louis David (1748-1825), 1806, Dim. 6,21×9,79 m – Paris, musee du Louvre — The consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821) and Coronation of the Empress Josephine (1763-1814), in Notre Dame cathedral, 2nd December 1804- Painting by Jacques Louis David (1748-1825), oil on canvas (621×979 cm), 1806 – Musee du Louvre, Paris, France ©Photo Josse/Leemage

Liberation de Paris : le general francais Charles de Gaulle (avec derriere lui son aide de camp Claude Gay) et le marechal Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque a la cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris le 26 aout 1944 — French soldier and statesman. De Gaulle (left), greets General Jacques Philipe Leclerc at a ceremony at the Notre-Dame cathedral on 26 August 1944, following the liberation of Paris from the Nazis.