After 2 1/2 years of cleaning and consolidating—and a pandemic that halted French workers for a few months—the restoration phase of the Notre Dame cathedral is set to kick off this winter.
More than two years after a shocking fire gutted the historic building, France’s Notre Dame Cathedral is finally secure enough for artisans to rebuild.PARIS -- After 2 1/2 years of cleaning and consolidating -- and a pandemic that halted French workers for a few months -- the restoration phase of the Notre Dame cathedral is set to kick off this winter.
Rebuilding Notre Dame is a colossal national project. Mickael Renaud, owner of a lumbermill called The Giants, told ABC News, he was proud to play a part, adding that his lumber mill had to expand storage capacity simply to house the huge blocks of wood required.A person stands on the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral ahead of a visit of French President two years after the blaze that made the spire collapsed and destroyed much of the roof, in Paris on April 15, 2021.
According to the head of the establishment for the conservation and the restoration of Notre Dame, Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin, the plan is to reopen the church to the public in 2024.Workers check the thickness of a trunk to be used for the construction of the"stool" supporting the spire of Notre Dame de Paris, in Craon, north-western France, on Dec. 16, 2021.Competitors steer their Stand Up Paddle boards past Notre Dame cathedral during a race on the Seine river in Paris, Sunday, Dec.
For Monseigneur Aumônier, the bishop in charge of the interior design of the cathedral on behalf of the Catholic Church, the updates are part of an effort to recognize the building's value not just for France but the whole world.
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