They transform the small terrace roofs and rework the flying buttresses. The structure supporting the roof is entirely remounted: 1,2000 tons of wood and lead.

The Notre Dame Cathedral is a marvel of French Gothic architecture. Its spire, flying buttresses and ornate rose windows helped it gain that status. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Notre Dame’s famous flying buttresses are still pushing against the walls, but without the counterweight of the roof and spire, they are at risk of collapsing if the vaults give way.

When Notre Dame was constructed, only a few buildings in the world had this innovative feature. The flying buttresses meant that they could raise the walls higher and add large rose windows ...

The exposed flying buttresses became an iconic aspect of Gothic design, and although there’s some debate over whether Notre-Dame was the first church to have them, they certainly set the trend ...

Notre-Dame may have started out as a Gothic cathedral, ... This near-rustic view of the cathedral’s nave and flying buttresses shows the cathedral just before it got its signature spire.

The 850-year-old Gothic building's 295-foot spire dated back to 1345, and the cathedral remains one of the first—and finest—examples of the flying buttress architectural style.

Patrick Zachmann—Magnum Photos for TIME Workers prepare the flying buttresses, ... French President Emmanuel Macron wants Notre Dame to reopen in five years.

Notre Dame was built starting in 1160 and ending in 1260, ... who pointed to the lightness of the walls and the flying buttress support system as two key factors in that style. ...

Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris burned on Monday. ... At the cathedral's east end, the apse is supported by single-arch flying buttresses of the more daring Rayonnant Gothic style, ...

Notre-Dame was already in a critical state before the fire. According to Bélaval, the flying buttresses of the choir, "which are extremely important in forming the silhouette of the cathedral ...