There won't be a single nail, screw or piece of metal in Notre Dame's new medieval roof frame. Retired Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin is in charge of the entire project of rebuilding Notre Dame.

A crane lifts a part of the new roof of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, Thursday, May 25, 2023, near Angers, western France. Carpenters building a new timber frame for the fire-ravaged roof of ...

Carpenters working on the roof of France's Notre Dame Cathedral which was ravaged by a fire in 2019 are using medieval techniques to rebuild the structure.

A crane lifts a part of the new roof of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, May 25, 2023, near Angers, western France. By Associated Press. UPDATED: May 30, 2023 at 12:34 PM CDT.

Notre Dame Cathedral will reopen Dec. 7, nearly six years after a fire ripped through the historic structure. Getty Images The fire was accidentally sparked under the cathedral’s roof, sending ...

The bells replace three that were previously positioned near Notre Dame’s 19th-century spire, which dramatically collapsed during the fire which ripped through the cathedral’s rafters and roof.

Notre Dame's fire-ravaged roof rebuilt using medieval techniques. June 8, 2023 at 10:00 p.m. | Updated June 13, 2023 at 9:48 a.m. by Jeffery Schaeffer, Associated Press ...

Carpenters building a new timber frame for the fire-ravaged roof of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral are using the same tools and techniques as their medieval predecessors.

Carpenters building a new timber frame for the fire-ravaged roof of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral are using the same tools and techniques as their medieval predecessors.

SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France — If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral ...