Mathieu Lours, a religious architecture specialist, highlights that Notre Dame has always served three functions, including offering a "collective experience" of beauty, without hindering its role as ...

The history of Britain and the aspirations of her Christian communities can be traced in the glorious excesses of the cathedrals. From Norman grandeur to the modern interpretations found in ...

This duality was also evident in the 2019 fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral, which devastated ... to recreate intricate details and preserve architectural heritage.

Much of his text is given over to a detailed, chronological discussion of cathedral architecture and, more broadly, to forms of worship, the roles of the clergy, the activities of the laypeople ...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s plans for installing contemporary windows inside the restored Notre Dame Cathedral is ...

This was separated from the body of the church by a public passage and wall constructed with architectural spoil, including the smashed fragments of the shrines of St Alban and Amphibalus. The Abbey ...

It is an architectural masterpiece of which the whole of Central America can be proud. Travelling to Central America? Read more on the topic: Although commonly referred to as the León Cathedral ...

In this week’s Paris des Arts, Notre-Dame Cathedral takes centre stage as we delve into the history of Paris’s gothic gem with architectural historian Mathieu Lours. We also meet Henri Chalet ...