Notre Dame Cathedral Climbing & Exploring - Assassin’s Creed Unity

The Notre-Dame was single-handedly recreated for Assassin’s Creed: Unity by Senior Level Artist Caroline Miousse, who spent more than two years on constructing the iconic monument. Development for the game began shortly after the completion of 2010’s Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. On 15 April 2019, a fire broke out in the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris causing severe damage to the building. The fire was fully extinguished twelve hours later on the following day, but fire crews remained to identify and extinguish residual fires. The cathedral’s spire and roof collapsed, and considerable damage was caused to the interior, upper walls, and windows of the church, as well as numerous works of art. The stone vaulted ceiling beneath the roof prevented most of the fire from descending into the interior of the cathedral below, which ultimately saved the building from further damage. No deaths were reported, while staff for the cathedral are working to assess damage to the interior featur