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The cathedral’s exterior has been restored to its former splendour—but the interior renovation continues to be the subject of fierce debates.
In just 100 days’ time, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is due to reopen its doors, following a five-year restoration campaign designed to erase all traces of the fire in April 2019 that almost wiped out Paris’ most famous monument.
The official reopening is scheduled for the eve of the feast of the Immaculate Conception in December 2024. The official inauguration, with the handover of Notre-Dame from the State to the Catholic Church, is scheduled for December 7th. On the same day, the organ will be awakened and a liturgical celebration will take place, including a blessing, a Magnificat or a Te Deum, followed by the Vespers.
Between now and then, even though the bulk of the work has been completed, a multitude of tasks still await the teams who have been working for months to restore the building to its former glory. More than 500 compagnons and craftsmen, specialising in the renovation of historic monuments, are working on the site.
Most of the work involved rebuilding the broken vaults and destroyed roofs. Reassembling the spire, which collapsed during the fire, was a particularly difficult task. Many symbolic elements have been returned to their rightful place, underlining the titanic task that was accomplished. For example, the mediaeval statue of the angel with the trumpet, located on the west gable of the cathedral. The statue was badly damaged by the fire—the only mediaeval statue to have been seriously damaged by fire. An identical statue was therefore sculpted, based on old photographs, and installed in its original place at the end of July.
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europeanconservative.com
In just 100 days’ time, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is due to reopen its doors, following a five-year restoration campaign designed to erase all traces of the fire in April 2019 that almost wiped out Paris’ most famous monument.
The official reopening is scheduled for the eve of the feast of the Immaculate Conception in December 2024. The official inauguration, with the handover of Notre-Dame from the State to the Catholic Church, is scheduled for December 7th. On the same day, the organ will be awakened and a liturgical celebration will take place, including a blessing, a Magnificat or a Te Deum, followed by the Vespers.
Between now and then, even though the bulk of the work has been completed, a multitude of tasks still await the teams who have been working for months to restore the building to its former glory. More than 500 compagnons and craftsmen, specialising in the renovation of historic monuments, are working on the site.
Most of the work involved rebuilding the broken vaults and destroyed roofs. Reassembling the spire, which collapsed during the fire, was a particularly difficult task. Many symbolic elements have been returned to their rightful place, underlining the titanic task that was accomplished. For example, the mediaeval statue of the angel with the trumpet, located on the west gable of the cathedral. The statue was badly damaged by the fire—the only mediaeval statue to have been seriously damaged by fire. An identical statue was therefore sculpted, based on old photographs, and installed in its original place at the end of July.
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Despite Controversies, Notre Dame Reopens in 100 Days
The cathedral’s exterior has been restored to its former splendour—but the interior renovation continues to be the subject of fierce debates.
europeanconservative.com
