You can help restore Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral to its full glory by financially "adopting" one the church's gargoyles or grotesques. The post Help Restore Notre-Dame Cathedral by Adopting a ...

Although Notre-Dame is now reopen to the public with the newly carved gargoyles and chimaeras in place, parts of the cathedral, including the towers and treasury, won’t open until 2026.

Gargoyles are also vital to the structure of Notre Dame, serving as part of the water drainage system, built in the Middle Ages. But some of these fantastic animals did not survive the ...

Art World Would You Like to Adopt a Gargoyle? Notre Dame Is Raising Funds to Restore Individual Artworks Damaged in the 2019 Fire. As the square around the cathedral closes due to lead pollution ...

Notre Dame's Beginnings. The world watched in horror on April 15, 2019, as the great cathedral of Notre Dame burned, its spire dramatically melting in flames and crashing to the ground.

People often assume they're simply decorative but the gargoyles are vital to the structure of Notre Dame, serving as part of the water drainage system. Still in use today, when the drainage system ...

Why is Notre-Dame so well-known? The cathedral itself − before the fire − was regarded as an architectural feat. It is filled with symbolic decorations, colorful glass, artworks and gargoyles.

Notre Dame Cathedral will reopen Dec. 7, nearly six years after a fire ripped through the historic structure. Getty Images The fire was accidentally sparked under the cathedral’s roof, sending ...

A gargoyle watches over Paris from the top of the 11th century Notre Dame cathedral Friday Jan 10, 1997. Remy de la Mauviniere/AP Gargoyles made their way into popular culture with Hugo’s "The ...

The world watched in horror as flames engulfed Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral in April 2019. The iconic church survived, but it suffered devastating, costly damage. While some uber-wealthy ...

The Cathedral of Notre Dame was heavily damaged in April 2019 by a disastrous fire, and although its largest historical organ managed to survive, there was much devastation. Strangely, we already ...