From Reuters:
“Notre-Dame's restoration
ready to start as safety work completed”
Work to shore up the Notre-Dame
de Paris has been finished, allowing restoration to start at the cathedral two
years after a fire destroyed the attic and sent its spire crashing through the
vaults below, officials said on Saturday. Soon after the April 2019 blaze,
President Emmanuel Macron said the cathedral - which dates back to the 12th
century - would be rebuilt and later promised to get it reopened to worshippers
by 2024, when France hosts the Olympic Games. The final phase of efforts to
secure its structure included reinforcing the fire-damaged vaults with giant
wooden arch-shaped frames, the state agency leading the work said, adding that
it was on track to meet Macron's reopening target date.
The cathedral will be restored to
its previous design, including the 96-metre (315-feet) spire designed by
architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc in the mid-1800s and for which new timber has
been selected. read more Restoration work is expected to start during the
coming months following a bidding process to select companies. Before that, a
cleaning operation for the building's interior walls and floor will start this
month, the agency said in a statement. The fire at Notre Dame caused shock in
France and around the world. Tearful Parisians and stunned tourists gazed in
disbelief while the inferno raged at the cathedral, which marks the very centre
of Paris.
^ I’m glad Notre Dame can finally
be restored. ^
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