Cathedral of Notre Dame

Heads of state and howling winds welcome Notre-Dame cathedral back to life

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President-Elect Donald Trump were in attendance as President Macron presided over the reopening of the famed Parisian monument

Restored Notre-Dame to have its own museum in Paris's Hôtel-Dieu

Institution in historic hospital development could exhibit the heads of the kings of Judea from the cathedral's medieval statues

Art Basel Miami Beach, Notre-Dame reopens in Paris, and Parmigianino’s Vision of St Jerome—podcast

Dispatches from the mega fair, a chat with a chief architect behind the rebuilding of Notre-Dame cathedral, and up close with Parmigianino’s Mannerist masterpiece

Through the Notre-Dame restoration, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc has now become ‘untouchable’. But at what price?

The five-year restoration of the cathedral has cemented the reign of the 19th-century architect, but his methods may not meet modern standards

Paris heralds the return of Notre-Dame’s bells

The northern belfry’s mighty bells—the oldest having survived the French Revolution—have been restored in Normandy and reinstalled in the bell chamber, from where they will once again ring out

The architecture graduate tasked with recording Notre-Dame’s renovation—in pencil and chalk

Over four years, and often perched on scaffolding, Axelle Ponsonnet has documented the project's progress behind the scenes

Notre-Dame de Paris in seven works of art

Notre-Dame may have started out as a Gothic cathedral, but over the centuries it has morphed into a civic emblem and leading tourist attraction—it has also become a reliable muse for painters, photographers and more

Did a video game help rebuild Notre-Dame after the fire?

'Assassin’s Creed Unity' boasts a detailed virtual model of the cathedral—but not detailed enough for the restorers of the building

‘Notre-Dame still retains some of its mystery’: the surprises revealed in the restoration

The painstaking work of archaeologists has uncovered two lost tombs and rare medieval masons’ marks

Green wood, axes and oaks: how ancient skills helped to raise Notre-Dame's new roof

A small army of carpenters combined traditional craftmanship with digital design tools to rebuild the medieval roof frame known as "the forest"

Lucky statues on Notre-Dame's spire to take up their position once more

Copper sculptures representing the Twelve Apostles and four New Testament Evangelists were removed for cleaning days before the fire

Out of the ashes: how Notre-Dame has been resurrected in a miraculously short time

Faith, politics and emotion have fused in the rebuilding of the Paris cathedral partially destroyed by a fire in 2019

Charging €5 to enter Notre-Dame could ‘save all the churches in France’, says culture minister

Rachida Dati has framed the potential move as a means of protecting French heritage sites, yet it has been met with opposition from the Catholic church

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Rachida Dati has been reappointed as France's culture minister—but does she have the will to protect heritage?

The debacle over the commissioning of Notre-Dame's stained-glass windows highlights the politician's propensity to ignore expert advice

Row over Notre-Dame’s stained glass re-ignites

President Emmanuel Macron wants to replace the Paris cathedral’s 19th-century windows, even though they were not damaged in 2019 fire

Silent echoes: flame and frost meet in Bill Fontana’s latest sound installation

Artist brings together recordings made in an Austrian ice cave and on the surface of a giant historic bell at Notre-Dame de Paris

Paintings saved from Notre Dame blaze to go on show in Paris

Religious works, restored by conservation experts, will be returned to the historic cathedral on the Seine

New Notre Dame spire now topped with golden rooster

Unveiling marks milestone in reconstruction of ravaged cathedral

President Macron confirms Notre Dame opening date plus plans for a new museum

While worshippers will be permitted to enter the cathedral by December 2024, a revamp of the surrounding area will continue

French general in charge of Notre Dame rebuild dies in a hiking accident

The death of Jean-Louis Georgelin might hamper efforts to reopen the cathedral by the end of 2024

Notre Dame to reopen in December 2024

Though the Parisian cathedral's nave is expected to reopen to the public by the end of 2024, work to restore the entire site could last until 2028

Notre Dame's fresh interior—cleaned with controversial latex paste—will deliver a 'shock', restoration chief promises

Conservationists raise concerns that by cleaning the Paris cathedral's fire-damaged interior stonework it will become "artificially bright"

Step back inside Notre Dame: immersive VR exhibition recreates Paris cathedral prior to 2019 fire

Eternal Notre Dame will raise funds towards the €1bn restoration of the fire-ravaged cathedral

Catholic church's proposed redesign of Notre Dame interior provokes outrage

Plans to revamp the fire-ravaged cathedral with contemporary art and multilingual projections of Bible quotes have been compared to Disneyland

What do the bells of Notre Dame 'hear'? Artist Bill Fontana listens to the soul of Paris

The Bay Area sound artist is working on a contemporary sound installation in the fire-ravaged cathedral's bell tower

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Craftsmen in US use medieval techniques to reconstruct Notre Dame roof support

A full-scale truss fit for the Paris cathedral will be built in Washington, DC this summer as part of a teaching project by Handshouse Studio

'It could have been much worse': the current state of play of Notre Dame's restoration, two years after the fire

Philippe Villeneuve, the lead architect of the cathedral, is confident the Parisian landmark will reopen for the Olympic Games in 2024

Clearing the 'voice' of Notre Dame: Paris cathedral's great organ meticulously removed for refurbishment

Huge operation to hoist the instrument out of the fire-ravaged building has taken four months

New VR experience recreates Notre Dame in its former glory—and after its devastating fire

The 360 degree film Rebuilding Notre-Dame—on show in Paris—allows visitors to once again "step inside" the cathedral