Notre Dame’s appearance hasn’t always been treated with such reverence. During the French Revolution, the cathedral was used as a storehouse, and statues of biblical kings on the facade were beheaded ...

Villeneuve detailed the historic effort he led to restore the 862-year-old cathedral. France's Chief Architect for Historic Monuments Phillipe Villeneuve commemorates the team he led during the ...

The restoration project began with reinforcing Notre-Dame's North and South facades ... as part of a previous project to restore the cathedral’s famous spire. Villeneuve, who has held the ...