Three years after a devastating fire, the iconic Paris cathedral’s restoration honors its medieval roots—and the once vilified architect who saved the church in the 1800s.
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Notre Dame rises again
Nat Geo takes an in-depth look at the restoration of the famous cathedral after a destructive fire tore through it three years ago.
Photographer Tomas van Houtryve chronicles the painstaking effort to rebuild the centuries-old church, ravaged by fire in 2019.
Built to reflect Catholicism’s spiritual reach, the cathedral's audacious, towering walls and buttresses remain as much a marvel today as they were in the Middle Ages.
As we go behind the scenes of the herculean effort to restore Notre Dame Cathedral, we also confront thorny questions about cultural heritage sites.
Why it took photographer Tomas van Houtryve six months to get the aerial shot on the February cover.
