Firefighters saved the towers — famously featured in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Some of the limestone gargoyles and grotesques were damaged by water pressure from the hoses and have been ...

To a large extent, the Notre Dame, which will be reopened on Saturday after burning to the ground in 2019, is of Victor Hugo’s making. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, published in 1831, begins with the ...

Increasing international awareness of the historic building was its use as a setting for Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame." ...

With the 1831 publication of Victor Hugo’s novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” came renewed interest in restoring its structure, a grand effort which took place between 1844 and 1864.

Victor Hugo helped make the cathedral a symbol of Paris and France when he used it as a setting for his 1831 novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame". Quasimodo, the main character, has been portrayed ...

Paris was abuzz with excitement after the beloved Notre Dame Cathedral reopened after a devastating fire. The April 2019 blaze broke out in the church's roof space, destroying its iconic spire and ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. After a series of official ceremonies aiming to celebrate its recovery from a devastating fire in 2019 ...

Parisians gathered at the Pont de la Tournelle near Notre Dame Cathedral to sing hymns, after a huge fire destroyed much of the structure’s roof and spire. Image: AFP/Getty This weekend the ...

Parisians watched in horror in 2019 as flames ravaged Notre Dame, a landmark famed as the setting for Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame and one of the world's most-visited monuments.

The doors of the newly restored Notre-Dame of Paris Cathedral were officially reopened to the public during a ceremony Saturday evening just over five years after a blaze ravaged the iconic ...

He cursed, made a U-turn and sped toward the cathedral. Mary, Queen of Scots was married at Notre-Dame, Joan of Arc beatified, Napoleon crowned. The cathedral has been so central to France that ...

Chantal Da Silva Reporting from Paris Members of the public eager to visit Notre Dame now that the famed cathedral is officially open can now book tickets online, at no cost, of course.