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Macron hails Notre-Dame restoration
Reuters, Published on 29/11/2024
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday praised the more than 1,000 artisans who helped rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in what he called “the project of the century”, five-and-a-half years after fire gutted the Gothic masterpiece.
Notre-Dame spurs survey of temples
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/04/2019
» The Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) is studying how to install fire extinguishing systems at religious venues and ancient sites in the wake of the blaze at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris last week.
Head of Notre-Dame restoration dies
AFP, Published on 19/08/2023
» TOULOUSE, France: 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.
Fire ravages Notre-Dame cathedral, spire collapses
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS: A colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday, causing a spire to collapse and raising fears over the future of the nearly millenium old building and its precious artworks.
Notre-Dame, soul of the French nation
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS: Paris was struck in its very heart on Monday as flames devoured the roof of Notre-Dame, the medieval cathedral made famous by Victor Hugo, its two massive towers flanked with gargoyles instantly recognisable even by people who have never visited the city.
Notre-Dame organ dusty but undamaged: organist
AFP, Published on 26/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - Notre-Dame's grand organ will be cleaned of dust but will probably not have to be taken apart after the inferno that ravaged the Paris cathedral, the organist who was playing the it when the blaze broke out said Thursday.
Notre-Dame sued for English-only translations
AFP, Published on 21/03/2023
» PARIS: Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is being sued by French language purists for only translating its signs into English.
Macron: Notre Dame to reopen on time
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron promised on Friday that the restoration of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, badly damaged by fire in 2019, would be completed in time for its planned reopening next December.
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.
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.