A team of carpenters vowed crowds Saturday while using medieval techniques to raise up — by hand — a 3-ton oak truss in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as part of the church’s rebuild. The ...

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, ...

NORTHERN BURGUNDY, France — Deep in a forest of France's Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a medieval castle the old-fashioned way — that is, with tools and methods from the late ...

Each year of construction brought new challenges and discoveries as builders worked to honor traditional medieval building techniques. The extended timeline wasn't due to delays or problems but rather ...

“It’s a little mind-bending sometimes," said one of the carpenters SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France — If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking ...

Construction is afoot at Guédelon castle, in France's northern Burgundy region, where builders and crafts people are using tools and methods from the Middle Ages. (Cristina Baussan for NPR) NORTHERN ...

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

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