A team of archaeologists at the iconic cathedral is digging straight down and back in time, to Roman Paris 2,000 years ago.
A general view of gargoyles on the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Covington, Kentucky. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean) COVINGTON, Ky. — Gargoyles have watched over this small ...
Twenty centuries are stacked in 13 feet of earth — or about the height of two-and-a-half Napoleon Bonapartes standing on top ...
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Gargoyles have watched over this small Kentucky city for more than a century from their lofty perches on a cathedral known as “America’s Notre Dame.” A new renovation will ensure ...
COVINGTON, Ky. — The last ghoulish gargoyle has been returned to its perch as part of a two-year restoration of a Kentucky cathedral with a facade modeled after Notre Dame in Paris. The rehab project ...
The final new terra cotta gargoyle is prepared for installation high on the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, known as “America’s Notre Dame,” in Covington, Ky., on Monday, March 30, 2026. (Credit ...