The fire had burned large portions of the Notre Dame’s centuries-old timber roof, causing its lead-covered spire to collapse into the knave, destroying the floor and dispersing toxic lead dust ...

Notre Dame’s appearance hasn’t always been treated with such reverence. During the French Revolution, the cathedral was used as a storehouse, and statues of biblical kings on the facade were beheaded ...

The restoration project began with reinforcing Notre-Dame's North and South facades, flying buttresses and remaining ceiling vaults, along with draping the roof with a temporary cover ...