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France marked the second anniversary of the Notre Dame fire as architects finalised the start of its restoration programme. Since the fire destroyed much of the cathedral s roof and caused its spire to collapse, the extensive rebuild has focused on consolidation, after which restoration work will begin. French President Emmanuel Macron said that while a lot of good work had been accomplished in the past two years, “we also see what remains to be done”. Mr Macron set a five-year restoration target in the immediate aftermath of the fire, which, if met, would make the cathedral accessible by the time Paris hosts the Olympics in summer 2024.
French President Emmanuel Macron has visited the building site that Notre Dame has become to show that the country’s heritage has not been forgotten despite the pandemic.
Two years after a fire tore through Paris’s most famous cathedral, he viewed the progress of the ambitious rebuilding project, and offered the pandemic-weary French public hope that a completion date will arrive one day, if not in the near future.
Flanked by ministers, architects and the retired French army general who is overseeing the restoration of the 12th-century monument, Mr Macron said: “We’re seeing here how, in two years, a huge job has been accomplished.
Emmanuel Macron hails ‘huge job rebuilding Notre Dame after devastating fire French President Emmanuel Macron watches during a visit at the reconstruction site of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, Thursday April 15, 2021 (Ian Langsdon, Pool via AP) Thomas Adamson and Jeffrey Schaeffer, Associated Press 15 April, 2021 13:40
French President Emmanuel Macron has visited the building site that Notre Dame has become to show that the country’s heritage has not been forgotten despite the pandemic.
Two years after a fire tore through Paris’s most famous cathedral, he viewed the progress of the ambitious rebuilding project, and offered the pandemic-weary French public hope that a completion date will arrive one day, if not in the near future.