Notre Dame

Two years since massive blaze, the road to restoration for Notre-Dame is still long and arduous

With at least two TV dramas and one feature film in the pipeline about 15 April, the drama of that night and the race to save the 850-year-old building looks set to be further graven in the public memory.

Notre Dame: Rector claims restoration of Paris cathedral will need 15-20 years

In the days following the 15 April 2019, blaze that engulfed Paris’ Gothic gem, French President Emmanuel Macron set a five-year restoration deadline for 2024, when Paris is to host the Summer Olympics. But French officials quickly backpedaled Macron’s statement, conceding that it was unrealistic to complete the enormous project by that time.

Fifty percent chance of Notre Dame Cathedral being saved, restoration work unlikely to begin before 2021, says rector

The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there's a 50 percent chance the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year's fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument

Notre-Dame blaze: 'Cigarette or electrical fault' may have caused April 15 fire; criminal intent ruled out but probe still on

A poorly stubbed-out cigarette or an electrical fault could have started the devastating fire that ripped through Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral in April, French prosecutors said, while ruling out any criminal intent.

The Notre Dame and its ‘speaking stones’

The Notre Dame cathedral, like similar gothic structures, is rife with symbols of alchemy

Month after Notre-Dame Cathedral fire, restoration work on Paris monument proceeds briskly

A Gothic architectural jewel and part of the world's cultural heritage, Notre-Dame, built in the medieval period, is under restoration after a major fire damaged it on 15 April, 2019.

Ligue 1: Paris Saint-Germain sell 1000 Notre-Dame inspired shirts; proceeds from sale to be given to emergency services

Each shirt cost 100 euros ($122) but Paris Saint-Germain refused to say how much money had been given to the charities associated with the fire service in the French capital

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Salma Hayek's husband François-Henri Pinault pledges $339 mn for Notre-Dame reconstruction

A national fundraiser has been launched in France with the purpose of bolstering the renovation of Notre-Dame.

'Gutted but valiant': Notre-Dame Cathedral retains bell towers, stained-glass windows; authorities pledge 700 million euros to rebuild it

Considered among the finest examples of European Gothic architecture, Notre-Dame is visited by more than 13 million people a year. It sits on an island in the Seine, overlooking the Left Bank hangouts of Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Picasso.