Notre Dame

A Monet walk through Paris: Seeing the city as the artist did

Monet is still gently celebrated across France each autumn through museum tributes, Impressionist displays, and a renewed reverence for the light and landscapes that shaped his art.

THE CLAUDE Monet room at La Maison Proust.
Inauguration ceremony of the new tour route of the Cathedral Towers Gothic structures destroyed following the April 2019 fire, shows chimeras of Notre-Dame cathedral, in Paris, France, September 19, 2025.

France's Notre Dame Cathedral reopens towers six years after fire

The Eiffel Tower is seen at sunset in Paris

Tourists evacuated from Eiffel Tower in fire scare

 Notre Dame Cathedral, France

Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens five years after fire


Notre-Dame tragedy: Fires have gutted important buildings around the world

In September 2018, Brazil’s National Museum was destroyed in a fire.

Sparks fill the air as Paris Fire brigade members spray water to extinguish flames as the Notre Dame Cathedral burns in Paris, France, April 15, 2019.

'The soul of France is burning': French Jews shocked by Notre Dame blaze

"We are all affected. Believers and non-believers, Christians and non-Christians."

Smoke billows from the Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire broke out, in Paris, France, April 15, 2019

Notre-Dame's famed rose window spared but blaze harms priceless artworks

Gold, silver and gem-inlaid chalices, candelabras and many other artifacts survived the blaze thanks to quick-thinking firefighters, police and city employees.

Sparks fill the air as Paris Fire brigade members spray water to extinguish flames as the Notre Dame Cathedral burns in Paris, France, April 15, 2019.

Fire ravages Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral, roof collapses - watch

The Gothic cathedral is famed for its many carved stone gargoyles, stunning stained glass windows and the flying buttresses that hold up its walls.

Smoke billows as fire engulfs the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France April 15, 2019

Netanyahu, Rivlin offer condolences to Paris

"The Notre-Dame is one of the most beautiful symbols of Paris in particular and France in general," wrote Rivlin.

Smoke billows as fire engulfs the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France April 15, 2019.

Five facts about the Notre-Dame Cathedral that is no more

The first stone of the Notre-Dame de Paris ("Our Lady of Paris") cathedral was laid in 1163 in the reign of Louis VII, as the medieval city of Paris was growing in population.

The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France