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The fire, Notre-Dame de Parissister page to |
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DONATIONS NOW 846 millions d’euros avaient été récoltés. Parmi les défis techniques, Philippe Jost cite la reconstruction à l’identique, achevée fin mars, des charpentes de la nef et du chœmur avec plus d’un millier d’arbres bicentenaires, spécialement sélectionnés dans les forêts françaises. En décembre, la cathédrale a également retrouvé sa flèche, avec sa croix et son coq, apposés au sommet. Le grand orgue, le plus grand de France, avait été épargné par le feu mais recouvert de poussière de plomb. Après nettoyage, ses 8 8 000 tuyaux ont été remontés un par un, et son harmonisation devrait durer six mois pour redonner sa « voix » à Notre-Dame. Les toitures de la nef terminés cet étéConcernant l’intérieur, la cathédrale a retrouvé une luminosité, relaie l’AFP. Le nettoyage des murs, voûtes et décors est quasiment achevé. D’ici l’été, les toitures de la nef, du chœur et de la flèche, la restauration des sols, ainsi que des travaux sur du mobilier d’art intérieur, doivent aussi être terminés. À partir de l’automne, le parvis et les accès seront dégagés et réaménagés en lien avec la Ville de Paris, chargée de restructurer les abords, qui doivent être verdis, à l’horizon 2028. L’appel à candidatures pour la création de vitraux contemporains, selon le souhait du président Macron, a été lancé mercredi. Ils ne devraient toutefois pas être installés dans la cathédrale avant 2026.
Notre-Dame de Paris, five years after the fireFive years to the day after the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, the craftsmen who worked on its reconstruction say they are satisfied to see the project soon completed. The images are still in everyone's heads: Notre-Dame de Paris on fire, the spire collapsing, the roof threatening to do the same. It was five years ago, April 15, 2019. The reconstruction, still in progress, is well advanced. Since February, a new spire, an exact replica of the one designed by Viollet-le-Duc, has once again pointed into the sky of the capital . The reopening is scheduled for December 8 . In the meantime, hundreds of craftsmen and workers have visited the site one after the other to restore it to its splendour. Restored stained glass windows, protected pending reopening
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Charles Hiatt has well said, [...] The great cathedral seen at a distance looks ancient indeed, but a closer inspection proves to us that the hands of modern men have been at work on it. Indeed, one writer goes so far as to regret that it has been scraped and patched without, and bedizened and bedaubed within. In the first edition of Victor Hugo's famous novel, Notre Dame, he tells us that |
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When will the cathedral re-open to the public?Answer - 8th December, 2024 - the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
In fact, we now know the exact date for reopening. Just over five years after the terrible fire that destroyed its roof and damaged several vaults, the Gothic building will reopen its doors to the public on Sunday 8th December, 2024, the feast day of the Immaculate Conception. Left: Construction is progressing according to schedule. Towards the end of 2023, Parisians should be able to again see the spire, rebuilt identically to that which disappeared in the flames in April 2019. 19 August 2023, a sad update- Monsieur reconstruction deceased |
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Notre-Dame de Paris: four years after the fire, reconstruction on scheduleThe gigantic reconstruction site of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has made great strides in April 2023, achieving and important stage: the laying of the base for the new spire, four years after the fire that ravaged Notre-Dame de Paris. Now, the reconstruction site is advancing rapidly. The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron visited recently. He confirmed that the completion of the spire this year, 2023, and the official reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, for worship and visits, for December 8, 2024. The rebuilding of the spire, one of the most delicate operations, is being carried out by more than 500 workers. The installation of the tamboret, the plinth on which the new spire is installed, was finished four years to the day after the fire and one year from the reopening of the monument, promised by Emmanuel Macron. The construction site takes a decisive stepThis plinth forms the base of the spire. "It's a tangle of beams, very complex assemblies", explains Philippe Jost, general manager of the establishment in charge of rebuilding Notre-Dame. "It looks like a square that measures 13 meters by 13 meters. Since last week, we have started erecting this tambouret in the cathedral 30 meters high." Once the tamboret is completed, the spire and its scaffolding will then rise gradually. By the end of the year, the spire will top out at 96 metres high in the sky of Paris and will be the exact copy of the one destroyed: an assembly of oak, lead and stone. "We have chosen continuity. We want to give back to the French, to the whole world, the cathedral they love" , wrote Jean-Louis Georgelin, head of the establishment responsible for the reconstruction. ![]() scaffolding inside the cathedral of Notre-Dame image credit: © Maxppp - Sarah Meyssonnier |
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cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris fire, 8 months on (31 december, 2019)Now the interior of the cathedral has been cleared of artefacts using robots - the danger of falling stones and debris is always present, as well as the fear of lead dust contamination, the artefacts are being cleaned and stored in tents on the parvis (open area) to the west of the cathedral. (Obsessed with the idea of a lead-related health scandal, nearly 70 craftsmen have up to 6 decontamination showers a day, wearing masks and coveralls in certain areas.) The destroyed roof has been replaced with a huge tarpaulin, while the stained glass panels have been removed for safekeeping and repairs. The resulting open spaces have been enclosed by weather protection. Now under great stress as the various forces acting on the building have changed considerably, the flying buttresses have been braced by larch wood frameworks that support their arches.
So far, it is estimated that the cathedral is about 50% saved. Before any further restoration and repair work can be done on the cathedral of Notre Dame, the scaffolding erected as part of the then restoration work must be removed. There are about 10,000 scaffolding tubes of different dimensions, 250 tonnes weight, which have been soldered together by the extreme heat of the raging fire. Removing the poles will be a huge and extremely delicate 'game' of Spillikins (or Mikado) where a tumbling steel rod could cause further damage. Two new stands of scaffolding have been erected to north and south of the building. These were first used to place strengthening girdles of girders around the original scaffolding so it does not distort or give way as scaffolding poles are removed. Then the scaffolding stands will provide the base for a large girder spanning across the nave. From this 'bridge', rope access technicians (nicknamed 'squirrels') will descend and carefully saw through the soldered poles using a sabre saw that does not spark, the fragment to be cut being coated with a gel to prevent the dispersion of lead dust. The saw men will be directed as which pole to cut and remove next so that even weight distribution is maintained. It is hope that this work can start in February, providing the weather is dry and not too cold. A solid roof is being put above the vaulting to protect it during this stage.
There is still lots of rubble and debris on top of the vaulting, the remaining roofing over the nave. It is intended that this will be vacuumed by the squirrels using a solid floor built over the nave to support them and the machinery. It is hoped that this work will have finished by May or June 2020. From the French organisation VISACTU, with a translation just below Translation: A fire was declared in the roof space before spreading throughout the roof. Key numbers So far, financial and other support offered includes :
four months after the fire at the cathedral of notre dame de paris
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on first arriving in France - driving Marianne - a French national symbol, with French definitive stamps the calendar of the French Revolution the
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dimensions of Notre-Dame de Paris
jules maigretAt the western tip of the island, is the secluded Place Dauphine, a few steps from the police headquarters where Maigret had his office. Simenon lived round the corner and the Taverne Henri IV was his local. The Brasserie Dauphine was probably the Taverne. Those who enjoy the Maigret books and its main character may wish to visit this real-life heart of his fictional world. For more about Maigret and 'his' books go to For more on the Notre Dame de Paris and its history, go to
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Notre Dame de Paris, a short history & description of the cathedral, with some account of the churches that preceded it |
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A useful, if rather scrappy, introduction to Notre-Dame cathedral. | ||
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George Bell & Sons, hbk, London, 1902 Sagwan Press, hbk, 2015 ISBN-10: 1298986761 Forgotten Books, pbk, 2017 ISBN-10: 1330618785 |
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Les vitraux de Notre-Dame et de la Sainte Chapelle de Paris by Marcel Aubert, Jean Verrier et al. |
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A wonderfully produced and illustrated catalogue raisonné of the windows of both the churches described above. The book could do with a few more colour plates and with writing in modern language, like English! | ||
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Caisse National des Monuments Historiques, hbk, 1959 ISBN-10: x shipping weight: 2.5 kg/5.5 lb! |
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