Friday, February 16, 2024

"France begins to dismantle Notre-Dame scaffolding"

From France24, February 13:

The scaffolding around the spire of Paris's Notre-Dame cathedral has begun to come down, the authority charged with restoring the monument after a devastating 2019 fire said on Tuesday. 

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The spire should be entirely visible by the time the Olympic Summer Games open in the French capital on July 26, it said.

"The dismantling of the scaffolding has started and will continue over the coming months," the restoration authority, Etablissement Public, told AFP....

....MUCH MORE

I still sometimes wonder why they didn't go with the American proposal for the reconstruction:

The American Plan For Rebuilding Notre-Dame Will Not Be Implemented

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