A grant enabling a team of University of Alabama researchers to work on a digital restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral was cut, ending the project.

Notre Dame has ... of the west façade, because the statues of biblical kings were reminiscent of the royalty the French had just overthrown. Even with these losses, the cathedral maintained ...

The full restoration is far from complete – spindly cranes and a gauze of scaffolding still cling to sections of the gothic exterior –but visitors, both new and returning, will be delighted by what’s ...

Paris was abuzz with excitement after the beloved Notre Dame Cathedral reopened after ... Guests entered through the cathedral's western facade for a ceremony "steeped in history," the AP reported.

PARIS — Five years after a catastrophic fire reduced Notre Dame Cathedral to a smoldering shell ... stretching from west to east, casting a warm, golden light throughout the nave.

When you look at Notre-Dame de Paris's facade, you're faced with an enigma ... The entrance is to the west, where the sun sets, and the choir is to the east, where it rises.

Five years after the flames roared and the world held its breath, Notre Dame cathedral is coming back ... Harvested in France’s west, and fashioned into towering frames in the country’s ...

As the cathedral ... the lead-over-oak design is a facsimile of what was there before. Firefighters saved the towers — famously featured in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” ...

He cursed, made a U-turn and sped toward the cathedral. Mary, Queen of Scots was married at Notre-Dame, Joan of Arc beatified, Napoleon crowned. The cathedral has been so central to France that ...