No, Notre-Dame was not restored with Freemason symbols. ... after seeing images of the newly restored cathedral during Emmanuel Macron’s last visit before Notre-Dame's long-awaited reopening.

Freemason symbols depict masonry tools such as the square and the compass (Image credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images) By Richard Windsor, The Week UK.

Update, October 8, 2009: Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol takes readers on a spine-tingling tour of some of Washington, D.C.'s most famous buildings. With Masonic symbolism as its theme, the ...

Photograph by Godong, Universal Images Group/Getty Images. ... For now, Freemasonry’s secretive rituals and symbols live on—along with the influence of its best-known members. Related Topics.

Novelist Dan Brown's new book, The Lost Symbol, is doing for the Freemasons what its predecessor, The Da Vinci Code, did for the Catholic Church's Opus Dei—showering new fame, and new fictions ...

Freemasonry is alive ... Photos by Janek Skarzynski/AFP, Luke Dray/Getty Images, Scott Barbour/Getty ... might glimpse some strange imagery decorating the lobby—a mural full of odd symbols, ...