Tons of fused scaffolding still a threat to Notre Dame's roof
Notre Dame Cathedral is still at risk from the 551 tons of scaffolding that fused above it during the searing blaze that destroyed the Paris monument's roof and towering spire six months ago. The tangled metal poses the biggest challenge to efforts to ensure that ...
Cigarette or electrical fault 'may have caused' Notre Dame fire
A cigarette or an electrical fault could have started the devastating fire that ripped through Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral in April, French prosecutors said Wednesday, ruling out any criminal intent. The statement by prosecutors, which also said an investigation was being opened into possible negligence, ...
Young, pregnant urged to take blood tests for lead after Notre-Dame fire
Paris health authorities have urged children and pregnant women living around Notre-Dame cathedral to have the levels of lead in their blood checked amid concerns over the impact of the fire. The appeal comes after a child living on the Ile de la Cite island ...
French lawmakers on Friday approved a controversial law for restoring Notre Dame within five years, after the famous Paris cathedral sustained major fire damage last month. Renovating the 850-year-old Gothic cathedral, whose wooden roof was largely destroyed in the April 15 blaze, will be an ...
An ancestor of Paris' Notre Dame still stands in war-torn Syria
An arched entrance flanked by two towers, elaborate carvings and a broad-aisled nave: A fifth-century limestone church in northwestern Syria is the architectural forerunner of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral. Standing in the village of Qalb Lozeh (Heart of the Almond), the cathedral is widely hailed ...
France salutes 'exemplary' firefighters for saving Notre Dame
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday hailed as "exemplary" hundreds of firefighters who saved Notre Dame in the devastating blaze, as efforts intensified to shore up the still fragile cathedral. Some 600 firefighters worked throughout the night Monday to put out the fire at the ...
Notre Dame to get temporary wooden cathedral during rebuilding
Catholic worshippers feeling orphaned by the fire that ravaged part of Notre Dame will be welcomed in an "ephemeral cathedral" of wood in front of the Paris monument until it reopens, Notre Dame's chief priest said Thursday. Speaking to France's CNews television channel Monsignor Patrick ...
Even in a damaged state, Notre Dame cathedral will remain a monument to the human spirit, a source of inspiration, hope and beauty to the world.
The effort should not only be to rebuild the cathedral, but also to protect and defend Europe's cultural and political legacy.
Macron calls for France to rebuild fire-ravaged Notre Dame within five years
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild Notre Dame "even more beautifully" within five years, as all of France's cathedrals prepared to ring their bells on Wednesday to mark 48 hours since the colossal fire began. The blaze on Monday gutted the great Paris ...
Pledges from French billionaires, businesses and the public sector to help rebuild Notre Dame cathedral reached some €700 million ($790 million) on Tuesday amid an outpouring of public support for one of Europe's most iconic monuments. President Emmanuel Macron has vowed the medieval monument will ...
Workers quizzed on Notre Dame inferno as spire repair is suspected as source of fire
French investigators probing the devastating blaze at Notre-Dame Cathedral Tuesday questioned workers who were renovating the monument while hundreds of millions of euros were pledged to restore the historic masterpiece. As firefighters put out the last smoldering embers, a host of French billionaires and companies ...
