Three experts weigh in on the architectural style that defined Europe for centuries and continues to inspire buildings today ...

Notre-Dame de Paris – the medieval cathedral overlooking the Seine at the eastern end of the Île de la Cité, with its flying buttresses, flèche (Gothic spire), and charismatic gargoyles ...

The Gothic Revival was a conscious movement that began in England to revive medieval Gothic forms, from the second half of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century. The 18th century examples ...

To rebuild the vaulted ceiling beneath where the spire had stood, masons had to relearn the principles of Gothic architecture – using a wooden frame to put the stones in place and crowning it ...

Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris’s Gothic masterpiece, stands proud once again, having regained its world-famous opulent splendour ...