Notre-Dame

Notre-Dame de Paris referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. 

On 15 April 2019, just before 18:20 CEST, a fire broke out beneath the roof of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. 

By the time the structure fire was extinguished, the building's spire had collapsed, most of its roof had been destroyed, and its upper walls were severely damaged. 

"Thought provoking hoardings surround the Church with images and descriptions of the work being carried out, due to be completed in 2024"

A definitive cause of the blaze has not yet been established, although it has been ruled as accidental, and possibly linked to restoration work taking place in the spire at the time. 

On the second anniversary of the fire, claims also emerged that electric bells inside the spire could have caused the blaze, as authorities insist on a 2024 rebuild deadline