It has taken hundreds of compagnons, France's artists and craftspeople, to pull off a restoration so fast, so meticulous, and ...

a French organization specializing in traditional medieval techniques like stone carving and iron forging. A huge army of skilled artisans was required to restore Notre Dame, among whom 100 ...

Larger than a football field, the inside of the cathedral now glows with oatmeal-colored walls and cavernous vaulted ceilings ...

PARIS — More than five years after a fire devastated Notre Dame cathedral ... restoration — hewing enormous wood beams, carving and repairing stone gargoyles, retuning the 8,000 pipes of ...

PARIS, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens on Saturday ... stunning stained-glass windows and carved stone gargoyles. The first stone was laid in 1163, and construction continued ...

The fire that came close to destroying the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris ... At the top of the vaulted ceiling, a gilt angel adorns the oculus, a stone ring. During the blaze, tremendous ...

Factbox-What to Expect When Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral Reopens on Saturday ... stunning stained-glass windows and carved stone gargoyles. The first stone was laid in 1163, and construction ...

Many trades - such as stone-carving - have seen a big increase in apprenticeships as a result of the publicity. "[The Notre Dame project] has been the equivalent of a World Fair, in the way it has ...

Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens on Saturday ... stunning stained-glass windows and carved stone gargoyles. The first stone was laid in 1163, and construction continued for much of the next ...