Paris’ Notre-Dame’s reopening celebrated throughout the world, all the way to New York

France’s iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019. The event is celebrated worldwide, even across the Atlantic in the United States. FRANCE 24 correspondent in New York, Jessica Le Masurier, reports from Saint John the Divine Cathedral in Harlem, … Read more

Paris’ Notre-Dame restoration: the challenge of rebuilding a ‘forest’ of oak beams

April 15th, 2019: the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, a beacon of Gothic architecture, is hit by a devastating fire. Spectators in France and abroad watched aghast as the forest of oak beams and the iconic spire collapsed in what felt like an interminable blaze. Once the fire passed with the worst undoubtedly avoided, the focus … Read more