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 ...

It was four years after the storming of the Bastille that the new revolutionary government really established the framework ...

Established in 1883 and granted annually, the school’s Laetare Medal is named after the Fourth Sunday of Lent, or ‘Laetare ...

The Seine River is 777 kilometers long and flows through Paris before reaching the English Channel. It is deep enough to hold ...

PARIS (OSV News) — Following the restoration of Notre Dame in Paris, significant work began in March on the Cathedral Basilica of Saint-Denis, located near Paris. This historic site, known as the ...

Over five years after a devastating fire, France's Notre-Dame de Paris has opened its doors, marked by a concert to honour its restoration.

The Sagrada Familia of Barcelona announced that it is calling on three renowned artists to propose designs for the “Façade of ...

Miquel Barcelo, Cristina Iglesias, and Javier Marin have been shortlisted to design the main facade of Barcelona’s Sagrada ...

For over a thousand years, basilicas have been stages for history. Charlemagne knelt in St. Peter’s Basilica to be crowned ...

When France’s Chief Architect for Historic Monuments Phillippe Villeneuve surveyed the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris a day ...

When France’s Chief Architect for Historic Monuments Phillippe Villeneuve surveyed the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris a day after it was ravaged by fire six years ago, he was filled with anxiety.