Notre Dame rises from the ashes [View all]
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Source: Radio New Zealand
French President Emmanuel Macron praised on Friday (local time) the more than 1000 craftspeople who helped rebuild Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral in what he called "the project of the century", five-and-a-half-years after fire gutted the Gothic masterpiece.
The 12th-century cathedral, one of the French capital's most beloved and visited monuments, will reopen its doors next week to tourists and to the Catholic faithful.
An opening ceremony - to which celebrities and heads of state have been invited - is planned for the evening of 7 December, followed by days of special Masses to celebrate the reopening and to thank those who helped save and rebuild the cathedral.
So much money poured in for the renovation from all over the world - more than €840 million euros (NZ$1.5b), according to Macron's office - that there are still funds left over for further investment in the building.
Read more: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/535267/notre-dame-rises-from-the-ashes
What I found of "breaking" calibre here was the opening date announcement and the bit about left-over funds, but the photos in the article are quite stunning. I may be an atheist, but I was overwhelmed by the place when I visited it last century, pushing to the extreme the capabilities of gothic architectural technology as it does. It actually seems to have been improved upon.
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