The Washington National Cathedral is home to about 1,242 stone carvings. Here’s a look at some of the most interesting gargoyles and grotesques that call the building home.

NEW YORK — When he first arrived at the gothic-style Cathedral of St. John the Divine last year as interim dean, Monsignor Clifton Daniel III asked to see the basement. Maybe his dark curiosity ...

PARIS—The limestone facade of Notre Dame Cathedral is radiant. Its ornate gargoyles and angels show no signs of the smoke and flames that once billowed from the church. The cavernous interior is ...

Two lion's-head gargoyles, painted white, can be seen to the right of the ornate top of the 1892 Old Talladega City Hall. The year 1892 is in the center of the white shield.

The abbess touched my cheek, stepped aside so that the gargoyle and I could pass into the narthex, then closed the cathedral doors behind us. Aisling Cathedral was dark. Cold.

The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that famously shook D.C. in 2011 sent the head of a gargoyle atop the Washington National Cathedral flying. “All that energy was going up the walls,” head mason at ...

A gargoyle watches over Paris from the top of the 11th century Notre Dame cathedral Friday Jan 10, 1997. Remy de la Mauviniere/AP Gargoyles made their way into popular culture with Hugo’s "The ...

A Washington National Cathedral gargoyle is getting its head back 12 years after an earthquake caused massive damages. Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:07:01 GMT (1742983621501) Story Infinite Scroll ...

WASHINGTON — Stonemasons at the Washington National Cathedral worked to repair a gargoyle that lost its head during a 5.8 magnitude earthquake back in 2011. On the 12th anniversary of the quake ...