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 ...

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 ...

Notre Dame's priceless artifacts included much of the building itself, such as its famous gargoyles ... more than a dozen statues were removed for scheduled cleaning and restoration and thus ...

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 ...

Much as been written and said about the grand reopening and restoration of France's Notre Dame, perhaps the world’s most famous cathedral, but for its famous gargoyles this is far from their ...

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 ...