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Macron To Honour Craftspeople Who Rebuilt Notre Dame

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday will bestow awards on around 100 craftspeople and officials who helped restore Notre Dame to its former glory after a fire nearly destroyed the beloved Paris cathedral six years ago.

International Business Times · Apr 15, 2025

Notre Dame rises from the ashes at last: world leaders join embattled Macron for grand reopening

Ceremony gives French president moment of glory in company of Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he delivers on promise to restore cathedral

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2024

What the Notre Dame restoration says about France’s past – and its future

Visitors rediscovering Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral when it reopens this weekend will be stepping into a highly charged conversation about France’s past and its future. Both sacred and secular, the cathedral tellingly illustrates the conflict between tradition and reform in France, as a historically Catholic and imperial power tries to…

The Conversation · Dec 3, 2024

French general put in charge of restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral found dead on mountain

The decorated French general in charge of the ambitious, big-budget restoration of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has died

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2023

French general overseeing restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Jean-Louis Georgelin, dies at 74

The decorated French general in charge of the ambitious, big-budget restoration of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has died

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2023

French ex-army chief in charge of Notre-Dame rebuild dies

A former French army chief in charge of restoring Paris's emblematic Notre-Dame cathedral following a devastating 2019 fire has died during a mountain hike, prosecutors told AFP on Saturday.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 19, 2023

To rebuild Notre Dame's fire-ravaged roof, carpenters use centuries-old techniques

When fire engulfed the Paris landmark in 2019, the intricate maze of medieval beams supporting the roof fell to the cathedral floor. Experts are working to restore the church by the end of 2024.

WEKU · Jun 11, 2023

Notre Dame finally has a reopening date

Around 1,000 people are working each day to rebuild the historic cathedral

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

Paris's fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral to reopen at the end of 2024

Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris, severely damaged in a fire in 2019, will reopen to worshippers and visitors at the end of next year.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 7, 2023

Notre Dame Cathedral to welcome back visitors in December 2024

The reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is going fast enough to allow its reopening to visitors and faithful at the end of 2024, less than six years after a fire ravaged its roof, French officials said Monday.

France 24 · Mar 6, 2023