Posted on 02/03/2023 11:00:13 AM PST by nickcarraway
Notre-Dame Cathedral's spire will be back in place by the end of the year, but a full reopening following the devastating fire of 2019 will not happen before next year's Paris Olympic Games.
The reconstruction is still on track for completion by the end of 2024, the culture ministry told AFP.
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It means the 12th-century cathedral, which previously saw about 12 million annual visitors, will not be able to welcome attendees of the Olympic Games which Paris is hosting in July 2024 and August 2024.
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To the credit of the French government, they’ve apparently demanded that the restoration be done in-kind fully replicating the pre-fire interior/exterior... no “Spirit of Vatican II wreckovation.”
Just in time to be burned down again...
If they find one chicken in there...
LOOK OUT!
We’ll see. Still some woke proposals floating around for some of the interior.
But so far, so good.
There are so many beautiful, historic buildings throughout Europe, but there are way too many “modern” ugly eyesores as well… which is a damn shame.
If they turn it into a mosque it won’t burn down again.
“restoration be done in-kind fully replicating the pre-fire interior/exterior.”
Oh good!
Early on there was talk of modernization.
I did too. Or maybe a parking garage for the fast food places inside.
Yep, there was a lot of worry early on that they were going to do some horrible “contemporary” rebuilding.
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