Monumental stone-built cathedrals also predated the Gothic: These were built ... are built on the outside of a cathedral and help distribute the weight of ceilings and upper structures.

A remarkably preserved two-story stone building in Jerusalem is believed by some archaeologists to be the site of the Last ...

Rebuilding the arches and the ceiling would mark a major step forward in the reconstruction effort. The fire on April 14, 2019, left a gaping hole in the roof of the cathedral. Masons will now ...

Overall some 40,000 square metres of stone were cleaned. To rebuild the vaulted ceiling beneath where the spire had stood, masons had to relearn the principles of Gothic architecture – using a ...

Just beneath these oak beams the stone vaulted ceiling was also severely damaged ... His additions to the building included Gothic stone gargoyles on its façade and spectacular new stained ...

Paris's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral has unveiled ... rebirth of the 12th-century Gothic masterpiece during a site visit on Friday. He walked beneath soaring new ceilings and admired pristine ...

The reconstruction work restored the cathedral's spire, its rib vaulting, flying buttresses, stained-glass windows and carved stone gargoyles to their past glory, with the white stone and gold ...

Angel, one of the top church sculptors, had been commissioned to carve Saint John for the central doorpost of Manhattan’s slowly building Cathedral ... hard energy of Gothic stone.

A letter sent by the bishop to Duke William V of Aquitaine suggests that work on the crypt, which still forms the foundations of today's Gothic ... “The cathedral is a Bible made of stone ...

During the inferno, the cathedral's 18th-century spire collapsed, the roof—constructed largely of lead-covered timber—was destroyed, and sections of the vaulted ceiling were severely damaged ...

light dances across brilliant stone, gilded accents gleam anew, and the Gothic icon’s majesty is reborn. From Dec. 8, ...