How a divided France came together to rebuild Notre-Dame
Bureaucrats, billionaire donors, artisans and builders united to deliver a national project at a time of political strife
Notre Dame cathedral
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Restoration of Notre Dame shows hard things can be achieved if we’re not afraid to be ambitious
We must stop mistaking a lack of ambition in planning and building for caution and rule-following
Trump meets Macron and Zelenskiy in Paris ahead of Notre Dame reopening
US president-elect to meet Emmanuel Macron at time of uncertainty about his likely approach to Ukraine-Russia war
Revisiting Notre-Dame’s literary legacy as the majestic Paris cathedral reopens
The tragic 19th-century Paris novel weaves a rich and morally diffuse cast of characters beyond Quasimodo. But the real hero is the symbolic cathedral itself
Contrast between the beauty of Notre Dame and the condition of France is stark
Macron will hobnob with foreign leaders at the cathedral, much as Louis XVI tinkered with his clock collection on the day the Bastille was taken
Notre Dame: World gets first glimpse of restored interior following 2019 fire
Gaping holes left in vaulted ceilings and charred piles of debris gone from 12th-century Gothic masterpiece
Notre-Dame revival: The result is breathtaking - a cathedral more beautiful than ever
The great and good of France will gather for Mass next December 8th to celebrate the reopening of Notre-Dame more than five and a half years after she was nearly destroyed by fire
Rebuilding Notre-Dame: ‘Making beautiful things is what Paris does better than anywhere in the world’
The landmark’s extraordinarily speedy restoration could well become President Emmanuel Macron’s most enduring legacy
Notre Dame on Fire: Too soon
Film review: Jean-Jacques Annaud’s French disaster film feels too fresh to yield any surprises
France decides to rebuild Notre-Dame as it was before fire
Macron rejects proposals to add modern flourish to spire destroyed in last year’s blaze
France sees Notre-Dame fire as a parable for Covid-19 pandemic
The first anniversary of the cathedral blaze highlights parallels between catastrophes
Work on Notre Dame halted and schools shut as toxic lead found near stricken monument
Reconstruction suspended amid fears about 400 tonnes of lead melted in cathedral fire
Notre Dame fire: activists launch lawsuit over ‘toxic fallout’
Authorities accused of failing to act swiftly to contain potential lead poisoning
Worshippers to attend Notre-Dame’s first mass since fire
Less than 10% of the €850 million pledged by has been received - French government
Michael Harding: Notre Dame and the farmer who died by the light of the moon
That cathedral felt like it belonged not to Paris but Europe, and the fire seemed to awaken something across the continent
Following Notre Dame fire, Macron must return to politics next week
There is much unfinished business for the French president including his cancelled speech
Frank McDonald: I was a visitor to Notre Dame the day it blazed
For me the Paris cathedral was the essence of the city – even of France itself
Electrical short-circuit likely cause of Notre Dame fire
Hundreds gather in Paris to pay tribute to firefighters who fought to save cathedral
'I was devastated': Irish in Paris react to the Notre Dame fire
Members of the Irish community describe sense of loss and resilience in the city
Macron: Notre Dame Cathedral will be renovated within five years
French prosecutors say blaze at popular landmark probably caused by accident
Review of fire systems at Irish landmarks considered after Notre Dame blaze
Party leaders express sympathy to French after devastating fire at world heritage site in Paris
Irish Times view on Notre Dame’s catastrophic conflagration
A grievous loss to Paris, France and the wider world
As Notre Dame burned, so too did a part of us
Jennifer O’Connell: You don’t have to have lived in Paris to have had a visceral reaction to seeing Notre Dame gutted
Paris fire highlights risk to old Irish churches, says Martin
‘The maintenance of many of these buildings is a real challenge,’ says Archbishop
‘La tragédie de Paris’: How the world’s media reacted to Notre Dame fire
Blaze at Paris cathedral features prominently on front pages of newspapers in France and worldwide
Notre Dame fire: Main structure of cathedral saved from destruction, one firefighter seriously injured
President Macron pledges to rebuild Parisian landmark after fire guts building’s interior
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