First lady Jill Biden and President-elect Trump surprised observers in December after appearing chummy at the reopening of ...

A dispute over a project to cure hams in a bell tower underscored the difficulties that churches in France face trying to pay ...

They join the eight historic bells from the cathedral’s north tower that were ... The Olympic bell isn't the only symbol of ...

Some 500 firefighters worked to prevent one of the bell towers from collapsing ... the Eiffel Tower, is little more than a century old. Notre-Dame has stood tall above Paris since the 1200s.

Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens on Saturday, December 7, five and a half years after fire destroyed its roof and spire and caused major damage throughout. Preparations are underway for the ...

Each of Notre Dame’s bells has a name, including nine tower bells that were cast in 2013 ... alongside the only bell that survived the French Revolution, Emmanuel, which dates to 1683 and ...

The cathedral celebrated its 850th anniversary in 2013 by recasting the smaller bells from the north tower ... as a bell-ringer. The Holy Crown of Thorns was rescued from the fire Notre-Dame ...

Hundreds of churches across France require urgent restoration and face the risk of partial collapse or demolition.

The Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde – translated as ... gilded statue of the Virgin Mary sits atop the bell tower. Some visitors called the climb up to the top "tough," but the views worth ...

PARIS – Five years after a fire that devoured its roof and nearly collapsed its walls, a renovated Notre Dame Cathedral reopened Saturday, its centuries-old bell clanging, its 8,000-pipe organ ...