Fire destroys the roof and spire of Notre-Dame de Paris

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1. Story
2. Fire takes hold in the roof space of the cathedral, destroying the 19th-century spire and almost all of the medieval oak roof frame and breaching the vault in places. The stone vaults, doing what vaults do, held most of the burning timber out of the interior. The reconstruction that follows rebuilds the roof frame in hand-hewn oak with traditional joints rather than in steel, making the restoration an unplanned demonstration of medieval carpentry at scale.
3. Knowledge
4. The Gothic rib vault
5. Notre-Dame de Paris
6. Fire destroys the roof and spire of Notre-Dame de Paris
7. Connections
8. Notre-Dame de Paris
9. The Gothic rib vault
10. The flying buttress
11. Notre-Dame de Paris is begun
12. Fire destroys the roof and spire of Notre-Dame de Paris
13. Notre-Dame de Paris reopens for worship
14. The voussoir arch
15. The flying buttress
16. Durham Cathedral
17. Chartres Cathedral
18. Durham roofs a great nave with ribbed vaults
19. Suger's choir at Saint-Denis is consecrated
20. The high vaults of Chartres close at about 36-37 m
21. Fire destroys the roof and spire of Notre-Dame de Paris
22. Evidence
23. Fire on 15 April 2019 destroyed the 19th-century spire and the medieval roof frame; the roof frame was rebuilt in oak using traditional carpentry, and the cathedral reopened for worship on 8 December 2024 with associated works continuing. V55 verification basis: no French government domain was reachable in this session; dates are stated from established record and the status of works as of August 2026 is NOT established.