Larger than a football field, the inside of the cathedral now glows with oatmeal-colored walls and cavernous vaulted ceilings.

Among the most striking statues are the gargoyles. "I became fascinated with gargoyles when I was 15 and traveling in Paris with my grandma," he said. "I took a taxi to Notre Dame Cathedral the ...

“I work on my own, but I was asked by big firms who did the sculptures in Notre-Dame to help them, so I worked on sculptures. I didn’t do the gargoyles or the statues, but I worked on the ...

It may be a surprise to learn that the gruesome faced statues most of us associate with Notre-Dame are not gargoyles, and that the majority of these statues were carved after the publication of ...

In 1793, in the midst of the French Revolution, 28 statues of biblical ... Some of the most popular images of Notre-Dame are from the perspective of its gargoyles or chimera (the carved monsters ...

It may be a surprise to learn that the gruesome faced statues most of us associate with Notre-Dame are not gargoyles, and that the majority of these statues were carved after the publication of Victor ...

The roof of Notre-Dame is famous for its gargoyles and chimeras (fantastical statues, the former distinguished from the latter by the fact that they are used to drain off rainwater). But Notre ...

Firefighters saved the towers — famously featured in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Some of the limestone gargoyles and grotesques ... The 16 copper statues below the spire, which represent ...

56: Number of new gargoyles and chimeras added ... by Victor Hugo’s popular novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. The cathedral’s exterior statues were damaged by high-pressure hoses used ...

The actual gargoyles, which are monster-shaped ... In 1792, revolutionaries also decapitated 28 statues from Notre Dame’s facade, mistaking them for French monarchs. They were actually ancient ...

The actual gargoyles, which are monster-shaped ... In 1792, revolutionaries also decapitated 28 statues from Notre Dame’s facade, mistaking them for French monarchs. They were actually ancient ...