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The Notre-Dame Cathedral is set to re-open early December 2024, with a planned weekend of ceremonies on Dec. 7 and 8, 2024, five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark ...
On 15 April 2019, at 18:18 CEST, a structural fire broke out in the roof space of Notre-Dame de Paris, a medieval Catholic cathedral in Paris, France. The fire, which investigators believe was started by a cigarette or an electrical short circuit, [ 5 ] destroyed the cathedral's wooden spire ( flèche ) and most of the wooden roof and severely ...
Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns on April 15, 2019 in Paris. AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File Heads of state, royalty and celebrities have been invited to a reopening ...
The facade of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on November 29, 2024, ahead of a visit of the French president. ... The cathedral itself − before the fire − was regarded as an architectural feat ...
Macron entered via the cathedral’s giant and intricately carved front doors and stared up at the ceilings in wonder. He was accompanied by his wife, Brigitte, the archbishop of Paris and others. Techniques new and old deployed . Powerful vacuum cleaners were used to first remove toxic dust released when the fire melted the cathedral's lead roofs.
In pictures: Notre-Dame interior damage. Notre-Dame: A history of Paris's beloved cathedral. Notre-Dame: The story of the fire in graphics. Cathedral clergy also celebrated certain "miraculés ...
Statue of Thomas the Apostle, with the features of restorer Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, at the base of the spire. This is a list of sculptures in Notre-Dame de Paris.. Stone, copper, and bronze statues, including statues of the twelve Apostles that surrounded the base of the spire, had been removed from the site days prior to the 2019 fire as part of the renovations.
A bell, center, that Olympic medalists rang at the Paris Games, is seen before being installed in Notre Dame Cathedral, ahead of the monument’s grandiose reopening following a massive fire and ...