Over four years, and often perched on scaffolding, Axelle Ponsonnet has documented the project's progress behind the scenes

Notre-Dame may have started out as a Gothic cathedral, but over the centuries it has morphed into a civic emblem and leading tourist attraction—it has also become a reliable muse for painters, photographers and more

The painstaking work of archaeologists has uncovered two lost tombs and rare medieval masons’ marks

A small army of carpenters combined traditional craftmanship with digital design tools to rebuild the medieval roof frame known as "the forest"

Copper sculptures representing the Twelve Apostles and four New Testament Evangelists were removed for cleaning days before the fire

Faith, politics and emotion have fused in the rebuilding of the Paris cathedral partially destroyed by a fire in 2019