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Notre Dame rises from the ashes: Emmanuel Macron says France's 'nightmare is over' as cathedral's 'impossible' £600m restoration is unveiled five years after devastating 2019 fire
UK Daily Mail ^ | November 29, 2024 | Peter Allen and Sabrina Penty

Posted on 11/29/2024 4:58:55 AM PST by C19fan

French President Emmanuel Macron inspected the newly renovated Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris today, and declared: ‘She’s Back!’.

Five years after a devastating fire threatened to destroy the ancient place of worship, it is set to reopen to the public next week.

Hailing a restoration costing at least £600million on Friday, Mr Macron walked around Notre Dame with his wife, Brigitte Macron, and said ‘The nightmare is over.’

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Society
KEYWORDS: catholic; gothic
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Give thanks Notre Dame has been restored as it was not altered to fit "modern" sensibilities.
1 posted on 11/29/2024 4:58:56 AM PST by C19fan
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Just wonderful...


2 posted on 11/29/2024 5:01:41 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: C19fan

Amen to that!


3 posted on 11/29/2024 5:03:10 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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BTTT


4 posted on 11/29/2024 5:11:38 AM PST by nopardons
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Shocking.


5 posted on 11/29/2024 5:13:54 AM PST by nwrep
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[Hailing a restoration costing at least £600million on Friday]

And because of what, ONE Muslim?


6 posted on 11/29/2024 5:15:03 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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It’s nice that Macron brought his mother to the unveiling of the “monument”.

Hey, Daily Mail, it’s a CATHEDRAL.

7 posted on 11/29/2024 5:21:40 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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Our lady is quite beautiful, good job France. My son said it is only open for mass and the tours will not begin until summer.


8 posted on 11/29/2024 5:23:56 AM PST by Jolla
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9 posted on 11/29/2024 5:25:53 AM PST by Liz (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to RULE. (H.L, Mencken))
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>> My son said it is only open for mass and the tours will not begin until summer.

GREAT news! I was praying they’d restore it as a CHURCH and not as a museum/tourist attraction.


10 posted on 11/29/2024 5:36:17 AM PST by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: Liz

Where are the minarets? :-)


11 posted on 11/29/2024 5:41:31 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Liz

Thankfully, sanity prevailed and the roof has been restored to its original state, using the same design, materials, and construction techniques as the original. Not that there’s much chance I’ll ever visit that “migrant”-infested dump to see it again.


12 posted on 11/29/2024 5:43:01 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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“Mr Macron walked around Notre Dame with his wife, Brigitte Macron, and said ‘The nightmare is over.’”

I think not, Macaroon. Have many 6th century immigrants have you let swarm into your country in the last 5 years? How many churches have been burnt in France compared to the number of mosques? Why do you think Notre Dame will not be the target of another “welcome guest”?


13 posted on 11/29/2024 5:45:53 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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"Give thanks Notre Dame has been restored as it was not altered to fit "modern" sensibilities."

Uh, au contraire, Pierre.

Sterile and overlit. Parquet floor is meant to convey "cheap secular museum". Bardet is an Italian school exterminator -- where are the side altars that made the place a labyrinth joy to explore?

14 posted on 11/29/2024 5:46:40 AM PST by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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Maybe we should start a betting pool on long it is before some other hoodlum of Mad Moe’s Mafia burns it down again?


15 posted on 11/29/2024 5:48:16 AM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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No...the nightmare isn’t over. Has France kicked out the muslims as yet?


16 posted on 11/29/2024 5:48:56 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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I am surprised at the amount of light and the light color of the stone. My immediate supposition is that this is the result of cleaning away a thousand years of grit, grime and smoke residue. Given the length of time it took to build, Notre Dame may look better — cleaner and more light filled — than at any time in its history. I suppose Paris’ air pollution will darken it again over time.

The original lighting would have been entirely lamps and candles. Were any electric lighting systems ever installed? How about now?


17 posted on 11/29/2024 5:57:12 AM PST by sphinx
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exactly ... plus the renovation repaired, cleaned and spit-polished hundreds of years of serious maintenance neglect ... basically, it’s like the cathedral is better than brand new ... AND modern fire alarm, comm and security systems were installed ... the result is truly a modern miracle!


18 posted on 11/29/2024 5:57:51 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Liz

I saw that and thankfully I did a google search to see that was a proposed version (much like my sarcastic version with the mini-roller coaster on the roof and bungee jumping from the towers). The real new spire was very like the second one which was destroyed in the fire. I didn’t check enough pictures to see how exact it was. The original spire was taken down in the late 1700s due to rotting and partial collapse.


19 posted on 11/29/2024 6:07:38 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Now unburdened by the Biden/Harris administration that has been.)
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Yup....that’s the “green” version they rejected.


20 posted on 11/29/2024 6:11:12 AM PST by Liz (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to RULE. (H.L, Mencken))
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