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

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

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

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

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

Unveiling marks milestone in reconstruction of ravaged cathedral

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plus, artist Bill Fontana records Notre Dame's bells

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

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

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

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

Beginning today, the piece by piece removal and cleaning of the instrument is the latest stage of the building's reconstruction

An insider report from the site on the latest discoveries and re-building techniques

An arson investigation has been launched into the fire at the Gothic St Peter and St Paul Cathedral in western France

French President Macron makes u-turn after first suggesting the 19th-century spire, which was destroyed in the fire last year, should be replaced by a contemporary design

Debate about the spire is intensifying with battle lines drawn between traditional and contemporary camps

A team will enter the Paris cathedral site on Monday to make arrangements for around 50 construction workers to return from early May

German cathedral glass workshops have the expertise and experience necessary to undertake the restoration

Rebuilding the roof will be among the main challenges, and the reconstruction of the spire will be among the most controversial

Drunk perpetrators may have wanted to sell the items on the black market

Plans to remove the scaffolding around the fire-damaged cathedral have been put on hold

A huge forest of scaffolding, fused by the fire in April, has to be cut away

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