Notre-Dame de Paris: Quick Facts

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Notre-Dame de Paris

Notre-Dame de Paris

Two stone gargoyles, one birdlike and one horned and crouching, perch on the edge of Notre-Dame Cathedral overlooking the rooftops of Paris.

A view of the Notre-Dame Cathedral and its restored spire with scaffolding and cranes, taken days before its December 2024 reopening.

Notre-Dame de Paris

Notre-Dame de Paris

Notre-Dame Cathedral: 2019 fire

Notre-Dame's soaring Gothic interior

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