If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of Notre-Dame Cathedral, now’s your chance. Following the devastating 2019 fire, many stones from the medieval church were too damaged to reuse.
A crane stands in front of the Notre Dame cathedral. Around 50 stones from the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral, each weighing nearly 800 grams and engraved with the silhouette of its main façade ...
Notre Dame Cathedral is raffling 50 stone fragments damaged in the 2019 fire to raise funds for restoring France’s historic religious sites. Each stone is engraved with the cathedral’s ...
removed centuries-worth of blemishes to reveal the original color of the stone, he said. However, when it came to rebuilding Notre Dame's framework, Villeneuve said his team used the same techniques ...
Beneath the crossing, archaeologists uncovered a trove of history: fragments of Notre Dame’s medieval jubé, or choir screen, buried in the rubble. These intricately carved stones, some still ...