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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

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

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…

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‘It is our destiny’: Meet the people who rebuilt Notre Dame

For the past five years, Agnès Poirier has had unique access to the army of artisans tasked with rebuilding the 12th-century ‘soul of France’

The Guardian - UK

Gone but not forgotten: Who did France say goodbye to in 2023?

The past 12 months have seen the deaths of people who made history in France and beyond, from politics to culture, business to science. RFI reviews some of 2023's most notable deaths.

Radio France Internationale

France races to reopen Notre-Dame cathedral by December 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron has promised that the restoration of Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral, badly damaged by fire in 2019, will be completed in time for its planned reopening next December.

Radio France Internationale

France pays tribute to General Georgelin, who led reconstruction of Notre-Dame

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday bid farewell to General Jean-Louis Georgelin – a career soldier who supervised the Notre-Dame Cathedral reconstruction – during a ceremony at Les Invalides in Paris.

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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

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

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

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

Notre Dame finally has a reopening date

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

The Independent UK

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

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.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Paris: Notre-Dame Cathedral Set to Reopen 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. The cathedral's iconic spire, which collapsed in the blaze, will gradually start…

The Independent UK

Notre Dame Cathedral set to reopen to public next December

French officials say 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

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