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The fire was accidentally sparked under the cathedral’s roof, sending the church’s ... pledged nearly $1 billion to restore the structure, according to restoration chief Philippe Jost.
The Building Committee of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine yesterday announced its intention not only to complete the choir of the structure, but also to continue to the westward and construct ...
SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France — The wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as "the forest." It burned like a forest too. After the April 2019 ...
Although the structure is the central element of this intervention, a series of walkways have also been planned under the roof, from which visitors will appreciate the geometry of the cathedral's ...
Millions watched on television in horror on April 15, 2019, as plumes of fire shot up from the Notre-Dame de Paris, one of ...
42,327: Number of people who signed a petition against the felling of ancient oak trees to rebuild the cathedral roof’s internal wood structure. They declared that the mass felling would equate ...
The metal structure, put up in 1837 to replace the roof, is a remarkable element of the 19th century that fully participates in the values of the edifice. Property of the State, Chartres Cathedral is ...
As we previously reported, Notre Dame's roof and its support structure of 800-year-old oak timbers had almost completely succumbed to the flames. Firefighters reported the cathedral's bell towers ...
Almost every part of the cathedral has undergone restoration ... The medieval wooden structure supporting Notre Dame's roof was so vast, it was known as the forest. (SOUNDBITE OF AXES THUDDING ...
The interior of the cathedral reopened to the public ... The so-called flying buttresses pulled the weight of the roof outside the structure, meaning that the interior walls could be opened ...