In the April 15, 2019 fire that ravaged the cathedral, the old rooster had crashed through the roof along with the wooden spire at the top of which it had been fixed.

One of the greatest casualties of the Notre-Dame fire was the wooden spire. But fate had other ideas for the statues at the structure’s base, a set of copper sculptures representing the Twelve ...

The fire that came close to destroying the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris started under the roof, in the ancient wooden attic, near the base of the spire. It began a little after 6 p.m. on April ...

After the devastating 2019 fire, the spire has been reconstructed in identical fashion, despite initial debate about whether to give it a modern twist. Notre-Dame is set to reopen for religious ...