France's Chief Architect of Historic Monuments Phillip Villeneuve detailed the effort to restore the iconic cathedral after ...

31-42 (12 pages) Exterior flying buttresses already existed in the twelfth century. E. Lefèvre-Pontalis considered those at Notre-Dame de Paris, traces of which Viollet-le-Duc raised anew, to be the ...

The restoration of Notre Dame has brought the cathedral back to its former state. The new spire, rib vaulting, flying ...

The restoration project began with reinforcing Notre-Dame's North and South facades, flying buttresses and remaining ceiling vaults, along with draping the roof with a temporary cover ...