The Rouen Cathedral in Rouen, France, on July 4, 2020. A fire erupted on a tarp covering the cathedral's spire on Thursday. SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP/Getty Images ...

Rouen cathedral evacuated after spire catches fire - The blaze at the 12th-century cathedral is reminiscent of the devastating fire at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris in 2019. advertisement.

Rouen's 12th century cathedral, which is considered a Gothic masterpiece, is widely beloved, not least because of a series of paintings by impressionist Claude Monet capturing its asymmetrical ...

Rouen Cathedral was constructed in 1062, when William, Duke of Normandy, who later became William the Conqueror, was alive. It has three tall towers with the middle one being affected by the fire.

ROUEN CATHEDRAL, BY MONET. Share full article. March 11, 1896. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from March 11, 1896, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

Reuters. A view shows the Notre-Dame de Rouen Cathedral after its spire caught fire during renovation works, in Rouen, France, July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs ...

Rouen Cathedral in Rouen, France. (Dreamstime/TNS) By Associated Press. UPDATED: July 11, 2024 at 7:00 AM CDT. PARIS (AP) — A fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the medieval cathedral in ...

The Rouen cathedral spire had been surrounded by scaffolding and a white cover for several weeks. The local prefecture, which exercises state authority in the region, ...

The Rouen blaze is reminiscent of a devastating 2019 fire at Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral, which also started during renovation works. A fire in the wooden frame of that cathedral’s roof was ...

“Rouen Cathedral, and Rouen, loom large in the imagination of the French,” said Fred S. Kleiner, a professor emeritus of the history of art and architecture at Boston University, ...

Videos on social media appeared to show smoke and flames engulfing the Notre-Dame de Rouen cathedral, which dates back to the 12th century. Newsweek. Rouen Cathedral Spire on Fire: What We Know.