December 13, 2023
For over 20 years, history enthusiasts in Burgundy, France have been reconstructing a castle from scratch using only period-appropriate methods. When Notre-Dame Cathedral caught fire in 2019, some of these craftspeople were called upon to help make authentic repairs.
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Paris is known today as the City of Lights. Thousands of years ago it was called Midwater-Dwelling—which is how its Latin name, Lutetia, can be translated. This list covers just a few of the most notable structures built in Paris over all of these years. The descriptions of these buildings appear
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