SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France — The wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as "the forest." It burned like a forest too.

Photo: Dan Kitwood (Getty Images) Scientists working on the scorched interior of Notre-Dame de Paris have found iron was used in the cathedral’s construction in the mid-12th century.

Art World Notre Dame’s Roof Might Be Reconstructed With the Same Wood Used Centuries Ago—Because It’s More Fire-Resistant Than You Think Eric Wirth, vice president of the Guild of French ...

“We will work for the cathedral during the Olympics in order to be ready in December 2024,” he said. “This is our goal." Notre Dame, which oversees old Paris from an island on the Seine, was ...

It's fitting that much of the ironwork in the National Cathedral was supplied by a Philadelphia blacksmith shop: Samuel Yellin's. To this day, downtown Philadelphia is a showcase of wrought iron ...