Rouen Cathedral in Rouen, France. (Dreamstime/TNS) By Associated Press. UPDATED: July 11, 2024 at 7:00 AM CDT. PARIS (AP) — A fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the medieval cathedral in ...

Rouen Cathedral holds a significant place in art history, having been the subject of numerous paintings by the renowned French impressionist Claude Monet in the 19th century.

Painted several times by Claude Monet, the spire of the cathedral in Rouen, France, has caught fire. Firefighters managed to put out the blaze without any major damage to the building.

A crowd gathers outside the Rouen cathedral in Normandy during the funeral mass for Father Hamel on Aug. 2, 2016. French authorities say a fire broke out on the spire of the medieval cathedral on ...

Firefighters extinguished a blaze at Rouen's historic cathedral in northern France on Thursday to the relief of locals who had feared a repeat of the catastrophic Notre-Dame fire in Paris when ...

The Rouen Cathedral in Rouen, France, on July 4, 2020. A fire erupted on a tarp covering the cathedral's spire on Thursday. SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP/Getty Images ...

The construction of Rouen cathedral dates from the 12th century and it was built and rebuilt over a period of 800 years. It is famed for its three towers, each built in a different style, ...

Uncredited. In this photo provided by Vivien Leservoisier, a view of the spire of Rouen cathedral on fire, in Rouen, France, Thursday, July 11, 2024.

PARIS (AP) — A fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the medieval cathedral in Rouen, a major landmark in northern France that was under renovation, but authorities said it was quickly brought ...

PARIS (AP) — A fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the medieval cathedral in the northern French city of Rouen, authorities said. Witnesses speaking on BFM television described smoke ...