Jenny Alexander has received funding from: Regional government of Galicia, Spain, to cover expenses for working on a historical survey of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, 2008-13, also from ...

They soar impossibly skyward, their spires pierce clouds, and their stained glass transforms sunlight into kaleidoscopes of color. Gothic cathedrals represent medieval architecture's greatest ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. On April 15, people around the world watched in horror as a voracious fire consumed the medieval wooden roof of Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral ...

A crane was used to help get 46-foot long oak logs onto the campus. But the bulk of the work will be done using axes and other medieval techniques. (WTOP/John Domen) It’s hard to dispute that the ...

Volunteers hew a full-size replica of a truss from the French cathedral . Thirteenth-century carpenters used axes to cut and shape the timbers for the roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral. Built with the ...

Cold air and the scrape of steel against stone set the tone at Magdeburg’s Domplatz in late 2023. This was no accidental discovery uncovered by routine repairs or surface work. Instead, it was the ...

It has been eight centuries, to the year, since Pope Honorius III issued an edict to raise money for a new cathedral in the city of Metz. And while it would be years before the first stone was laid, ...

During his general audience on Nov. 18, Pope Benedict XVI explained how Christian faith in the Middle Ages inspired some of the greatest works of art of all time: the cathedrals of Europe. Dear ...

When a fire destroyed the Notre Dame Cathedral’s famous spire and most of the roof in 2019, the immediate damage and subsequent renovation efforts unexpectedly revealed large iron staples holding ...

The modern medieval castle in Bryn Athyn has closed for renovations until 2023. So it sent its prized 12th-century stained glass to the Philly Art Museum. The ceiling of the Greal Hall at Glencairn ...

A church volunteer was charged Sunday after he admitted to an arson attack on a 15th-century medieval cathedral in Nantes, France that left the building’s interior badly damaged. The July 18 blaze ...