These workers are part of a French organization of craftsmen and artisans that dates from the Middle Ages and keeps alive medieval skills like stone carving and iron forging. At Notre Dame, these ...

Notre Dame Cathedral is almost ready to reopen nearly 6 years after fire Some six years ... And medieval skills like stone carving and iron forging are kept alive through a program called Le ...

The iconic 12th-century landmark opened its doors to French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, First Lady Brigitte Macron, on Friday ahead of its official reopening next month.

These intricately carved stones, some still bearing faint traces of polychrome paint, ... Notre Dame now features unseen state-of-the-art fire prevention systems to guard against future disasters.

These intricately carved stones, some still bearing faint traces of polychrome paint, ... Notre Dame now features unseen ...

PARIS — More than five years after a fire devastated Notre Dame cathedral, the iconic religious and cultural monument is ready to reopen.Upward of 2,000 specialists have labored over its ...

Notre-Dame, as the crowds of ... Packed into the pews and on newly carved oak chairs were 2,500 people. ... “I know it’s stone, but it still looks like it’s shining,” she said. Image.

Brought together by mutual friends, Giraud invited Vialle, 48, to try his hand at stone carving — his test subject being a stone at the entrance of Notre-Dame after he spent months training in ...

A crowd attends a ceremony inside Notre Dame Cathedral on Dec 8, ... illuminating intricate stone carvings, restored paintings, and a new bronze altar. A new reliquary for the Crown of Thorns, ...

PARIS — Notre Dame’s stone vaults, its checkered floor and its golden altar cross were gleaming. As the world got a first look inside the restored cathedral since the 2019 fire that gutted it ...

The exhibition “Making Stones Speak. Notre Dame’s Medieval Sculptures” is running until March 16, ... A detail of a hand that was carved into the rood screen. Though the screen was taken ...

PARIS — After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed its new self to the world Friday, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new stonework ...