The restored Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, France, will welcome visitors and worshippers over the Dec 7 to Dec 8 weekend, five years after a devastating fire. French President Emmanuel Macron has conducted an inspection, highlighting the cathedral's renewed beauty and the extensive restoration effort.
The restored Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, France, will welcome back visitors and worshippers over the Dec 7 to Dec 8 weekend.Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were mobilised for a restoration costing hundreds of millions of euros in what was dubbed the “building site of the century”.
The “building site of the century” was a “challenge that many considered insane”, the French President added. The French President is hoping the opening of Notre-Dame will be a major feather in his cap amid the current political deadlock following early parliamentary elections this summer.Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were mobilised for a restoration costing hundreds of millions of euros in what was dubbed the “building site of the century”.
Unseen by visitors is a new mechanism to protect against any future fires, a discreet system of pipes ready to release millions of water droplets in case of a new disaster. Mr Macron said in December 2023 he had invited Pope Francis to the reopening of the cathedral but the head of the Catholic church announced in September, to the surprise of some observers, that he would not be coming.
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