Villeneuve detailed the historic effort he led to restore the 862-year-old cathedral. The fire had burned large portions of ...

The Notre Dame Cathedral reopened last year after a devastating fire occurred at the historic landmark in 2019.

On March 10, France's Chief Architect of Historic Monuments Phillip Villeneuve detailed the 5-year effort to restore Notre Dame after ... to restore the cathedral’s famous spire.

Thanks to that choice, the scaffolding remained anchored while the surrounding roof and spire collapsed, he said. Phillippe Villeneuve speaks about the damage to the Notre Dame Cathedral from a ...