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Two years after a fire tore through Paris’ most famous cathedral and shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday visited the building site that Notre Dame has become to show that French heritage has not been forgotten despite the pandemic.
Flanked by ministers, architects and the retired French army general who is overseeing the restoration of the 12th-century monument, Macron viewed the progress of the ambitious rebuilding project. He offered the pandemic-weary French public hope that a completion date will arrive one day, if not in the near future.
Macron assesses Notre Dame two years after devastating fire
Thomas Adamson And Jeffrey Schaeffer
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French President Emmanuel Macron visits the reconstruction site of the Notre-Dame cathedral Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Paris. Two years after a fire tore through Paris most famous cathedral and shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the building site that Notre Dame has become Thursday to show that French heritage has not been forgotten despite the coronavirus. (Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP)
PARIS – Two years after a fire tore through Paris’ most famous cathedral and shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday visited the building site that Notre Dame has become to show that French heritage has not been forgotten despite the coronavirus.
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The Cathedral of Notre Dame is pictured on the eve of the second anniversary of its fire, in Paris, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. A fire partially destroyed the Notre Dame Cathedral in the early evening of April 15, 2019. (AP . more > By Thomas Adamson and Jeffrey Schaeffer - Associated Press - Thursday, April 15, 2021
PARIS (AP) Two years after a fire tore through Paris’ most famous cathedral and shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday visited the building site that Notre Dame has become to show that French heritage has not been forgotten despite the pandemic.
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