At Nottingham Cathedral, built in the 1840s, Pugin pioneered a revival of the grand tradition of medieval architecture known as Gothic Revival.

Donors have given nearly $900 million to the reconstruction project since a 2019 fire nearly destroyed the Paris cathedral.

The cathedral houses an unparalleled collection of medieval stained glass—nearly 28,000 square feet of jewel-toned windows that have miraculously survived the centuries, including three ...

A devastating fire swept the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday morning as the 850-year-old UNESCO world heritage site is under renovation. Firefighters said the incident was brought under ...

Notre Dame Cathedral showed its new self to the world, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new stonework erasing somber memories of its devastating fire in 2019.

Cologne Cathedral Once the tallest building in the world after its completion in 1880, Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) is by far the most visited landmark in Germany, drawing 20,000 visitors daily.

As I write this, the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris is burning . Begun in 1160, completed a century later, the church survived the Reformation, the French Revolution and the Nazis. Now, its roof … ...

Beyond Chartres, you can find two classic examples of Gothic cathedrals in Normandy. In contrast to small-town Chartres, Rouen was France's second-largest city in medieval times.

While mostly made of stone, many Gothic churches feature a wooden roof and/or spire, making them susceptible to fires. Amazingly, after Chartres' cathedral burnt to the ground in 1194, it took ...

The fire was not the first at the cathedral in Nantes, which is about 340 km (210 miles) southwest of Paris. The church was partly destroyed during World War Two in 1944 after Allied bombings.

The sky isn’t actually the limit here.The crown jewel of French Gothic architecture, Chartres Cathedral was built in just 26 years after a devastating fire in 1194. Its revolutionary west ...