Posted on 04/21/2022 7:06:56 PM PDT by marshmallow
Good Friday of this year also marked the third anniversary of the terrible fire that inflicted so much damage on the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. The English-language YouTube channel of the news service France24 has done annual updates on the progress of the restorations, which are quite interesting: in this year’s, we get to see among other things the internal workings of the church’s famous organ, being fixed by restorers located quite far from Paris, and the recent discovery of both a tomb in the floor and some parts of the original roodscreen, which was demolished in the 16th century.
Here is last year’s update, which focused on the broader structural problems caused to the building as a whole, and the efforts to preserve it. It also shows work being done on some of the side-chapels, which have uncovered some of the restorations by Eugène Viollet le Duc, who dedicated much of his life to bring the church back to life after the devastation visited on it during the Revolution.
When will they put the islamic crescent on top?
Ping
I had a trip booked for April 2020 to see Europe with five days in Paris. This and the Eiffel Tower were on my bucket list.
Truly amazing and inspiring.
(Had to try to ignore the tourists who just wandered in to take selfies, though.)
Glad to see it being rebuilt.
How’s the minaret coming along. I understand they’re interviewing prospective muezzins?
Did they catch the muzzie that did it. Several churches in france have been burned. I think Sulpice. The Institute of Arab World was right across the river when i was there.
BFL
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/16/19/12355098-6928937-She_was_pictured_sipping_wine_on_the_roof_of_the_luxury_boat_as_-a-24_1555440231634.jpg
Does it say “Bunny”?
If a muzzie is responsible, than I hope they get a taste of their own medicine.
Likely “burning”
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