Notre Dame

Designs of Europe’s greatest buildings were plundered from the Islamic world, says book by culture expert Diana Darke

Fire brought 850-year-old cathedral to the ground within half an hour

Six months on, the cathedral's rebirth is still years away

Hundreds of tonnes of lead in the roof and steeple melted during the April 15 blaze

Although on a small scale, the mass will be broadcast live on Catholic TV channel KTO

Franck Riester promises a debate and a large consultation

The artworks are expected to be transported to the Louvre museum

Macron has set out an ambitious timeline for rebuilding the cathedral

President Emmanuel Macron has vowed the mediaeval monument will be restored after its spire and roof collapsed

More than 400 firemen were needed to tame the inferno that consumed the roof and collapsed the spire

The blaze erupted in the UNESCO world heritage landmark in the French capital

Idris Elba, Dua Lipa among many others took to social media to express sorrow on seeing the iconic cathedral in flames

A colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris

A few of the students had messages of protest attached to their traditional ‘mortarboard’ graduation caps

French security services are particularly worried about the danger posed by extremists returning from Syria

The car's owner and an associate, both known to police, were arrested on Tuesday

Notre Dame is visited by millions of tourists and religious devotees every year