The church was the first of several that would occupy the lot where the present cathedral stands today.

There was a small chapel where the Cathedral stands today.

A cathedral had stood next to the plaza since the eighteenth century.

The cathedral stands on an ancient site which has been used for Christian worship since the 6th century.

The cathedral stands on the same ground that was once occupied by an old mosque.

When the clock reaches zero, if the cathedral is still standing, you win.

People believed that for as long the Cathedral was standing the city would be spared from destruction.

Through most of the following centuries, the cathedral stood only half-finished.

A round tower and pre-reformation cathedral still stand at this site.

But certainly no cathedral like this had ever stood in the city now called Paris Crater.