Much as been written and said about the grand reopening and restoration of France's Notre Dame, perhaps the world’s most famous cathedral, but for its famous gargoyles this is far from their ...

Notre-Dame's gargoyles are very famous. These ugly-looking statues are there for a good reason. If you look at them closely, you will see that their mouths are wide open. These half-man ...

Unlike grotesques, gargoyles have water spouts to carry rainwater off the building, although several have already been replaced by PVC pipes because Notre-Dame's stonework has corroded.

Those scary stone creatures on Notre Dame might seem ancient, but not all of them are what they appear. The actual gargoyles, which are monster-shaped gutters used to drain rainwater, have been ...

Notre-Dame, burning orange against the Parisian ... The famous grotesque "gargoyles" that he added to the parapets leer over to the opposite river banks and the new Classically-inspired city ...

The vehicle itself pays tribute to the Notre-Dame’s structure, complete with intricate design touches inspired by the cathedral’s architecture. Two gargoyles, standing watch over the car’s ...

Fourteen days to go before the cathedral reopens… David Bordes © Rebâtir Notre-Dame de Paris. Five little-known facts about Notre-Dame de Paris The world’s most famous cathedral may be resurrected ...

But Frollo was forced by the Archdeacon of Notre Dame to raise Quasimodo as his own ... But during the Festival of Fools, Quasimodo, cheered on by his gargoyle friends Victor, Hugo, and Laverne ...

Notre-Dame has been meticulously restored, with a new spire and rib vaulting, its flying buttresses and carved stone gargoyles returned to their past glory and white stone and gold decorations shining ...