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Macron vows to rebuild Notre-Dame within five years
Published on 17/04/2019
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Tuesday to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral "within five years", after a fire that toppled the steeple of the 850-year-old landmark and caused major damage to the roof.
Trump's Notre-Dame advice 'risible', says French fire chief
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» PARIS - French fire chiefs on Tuesday dismissed comments by Donald Trump on how to tackle the fire which engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral, with one describing the US president's advice as "risible".
Landmarks and monuments rebuilt from ruins
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS - From bombed cathedrals to historic opera houses that went up in flames, here are examples of landmark buildings that were destroyed and then rebuilt, as is planned for Paris's fire-gutted Notre Dame Cathedral.
Notre-Dame: the problems with insuring a national monument
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS - National monuments pose a myriad of problems when it comes to insuring them as the fire at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris shows.
Trump's Notre-Dame advice 'risible', says fire chief
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS - As Notre-Dame in Paris burned, US President Donald Trump tweeted some advice to French firefighters.
Years? Decades? Uncertainty over time needed to rebuild Notre-Dame
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS - Rebuilding the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris could take decades after it was gutted by a fire, experts warned Monday, even as its most senior cleric expressed hope he could celebrate mass there within years.
Notre-Dame's artworks to be transferred to Louvre museum
Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS: The artworks evacuated from Notre-Dame Cathedral during the blaze on Monday will be transferred to the Louvre Museum, French Culture Minister Franck Riester told reporters.
Investigators probe Notre-Dame inferno as donations pour in
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS - Investigators were working Tuesday to identify the source of a massive blaze that devastated the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, as church officials inspected the damage from a disaster that has sent shockwaves through France and the world.
Notre-Dame counts cost as daylight reveals damage
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS - Shards of stained glass from priceless medieval windows, and a gaping hole above the choir area where the spire crashed down: daylight reveals the extent of damage at Notre-Dame cathedral on Tuesday morning as firefighters put out the last smouldering remains of the fire.
Pledges pour in to help rebuild Notre-Dame after fire
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS - Pledges to donate millions of euros in cash and materials poured in Tuesday in the aftermath of a massive fire at the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, which firefighters were still fighting to extinguish more than 12 hours after it started.