This beautiful country on the west side of Europe is renowned for its beauty, home to some of the world’s most iconic structures and buildings, and of course famous for its incredible food, wine, and ...

Construction of the Notre-Dame in Paris's Île de la Cité began under the reign of Louis VII in 1163. ... In 1431, England's Henry VI was crowned king of France inside the cathedral.

Construction of Notre Dame de Paris began in 1163 on the Île de la Cité, the heart of the medieval city of Paris. Nearly 900 years later, its sculptures, stained glass, and flying buttresses ...

Located on the Ile de la Cite in the center of Paris, the Gothic cathedral — which dates back to the 12th century — attracts millions of tourists each year.

Five years after it was nearly destroyed in a devastating fire, Notre Dame de Paris formally reopened on Saturday with a two-hour ceremony inside the famed cathedral’s gleaming, newly renovated ...

PARIS—As the flames roared from the roof of the Notre Dame on April 15, I stood among the thousands of Parisians who swarmed like bees to the Île de la Cité, the medieval heart of Paris. For ...

The cathedral Notre Dame de Paris (or Our Lady of Paris, dedicated to the Virgin Mary) has seen a long string of history-making events in its 850-year history.

This weekend the great cathedral of Notre Dame reopens on the Île de la Cité in Paris. The reopening comes little more than five years after a devastating fire.

French authorities brought in an extra 6,000 security officers for the event and closed Ile de la Cite, the island in the Seine River where Notre Dame is located, to everyone except residents, law ...