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Notre Dame de Paris is a Gothic, Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra (official chair), of the Archbishop of Paris. The cathedral treasury houses a reliquary with the purported Crown of Thorns.Ever since 1357, the City of Paris's administration has been located on the same location where the Hôtel de Ville stands today. In 1533, King Francis I decided to endow the city with a city hall which would be worthy of Paris, then the largest city of Europe and Christendom. He appointed two architects: Italian Dominique de Cortone, nicknamed Boccador because of his red beard, and Frenchman Pierre Chambiges. The House of Pillars was torn down and Boccador, steeped in the spirit of the Renaissance, drew up the plans of a building which was at the same time tall, spacious, full of light and refined. Building work was not finished until 1628 during the reign of Louis XIII.