American presidents have libraries to preserve their legacy. The French prefer glass. Francois Mitterrand gave the Louvre its ...

Notre-Dame is built in the shape of a cross, with a 138-metre-long aisle. It’s built in the Gothic style, with two tall towers at one end. The towers are 69 metres tall. The single spire ...

A fire broke out overnight in the 12th district of Paris, damaging the roof and bell tower of a town hall. Around 150 firefighters spent three hours c ...

France was shocked in April 2019 when a fire severely damaged one of its greatest landmarks, the Notre Dame cathedral, and toppled its nineteenth-century spire. After a half-decade restoration ...

Because of the complex structural details and sheer size of the Notre-Dame, it took over a year to create the full-scale model as it existed before the fire. No one had built a spire like this in ...

A fire broke out at the Notre Dame cathedral on Apr. 15, 2019. Horrified onlookers watched as the fire consumed the church’s iconic spire and most of the roof. But firefighters were able to save ...