PARIS — Five years after people wept as they watched a huge fire tear through Paris' iconic Notre-Dame cathedral destroying the vaulted wooden ceiling and spire, the storied medieval landmark ...

Paris resident and host of The Earful Tower podcast, told Travel + Leisure. Gee, who has already visited twice, added that the cathedral is significantly emptier if you arrive at opening or ...

As a young Duke art history professor in 1979, Caroline Bruzelius convinced officials at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to let her climb scaffolding during a renovation to get a close look at the ...

A French organisation dedicated to the conservation of the country's heritage has launched a fundraising drive offering ...

Not every inch of Paris is as romantic as you think – in fact, the Catacombs are downright chilling. Prior to the creation of the Catacombs in the late 18th century, Parisians buried their dead ...

Notre Dame lectures, a Lenten hallmark, have a long history dating back to the French monarchy, but in contemporary times were renewed and systematized in 1834 by a young lay Catholic student, ...

A masterpiece of architectural opulence, the Opéra Garnier – also known as the Palais Garnier – still exudes the opulence it radiated in the late 1800s. This palpable sense of intrigue and ...