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Notre Dame Cathedral a few days before the second anniversary of the fire © Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM On the night of 15 April 2019, television audiences around the world watched in stunned disbelief as the burning spire of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris crashed onto the nave. Two years later, the agency responsible for the site’s restoration has worked to secure the monument. Despite delays caused by Covid-19, difficult weather and precautionary measures to protect against any risk of lead pollution, the site s chief architect Philippe Villeneuve believes that the cathedral will be reopened by the target date of 2024 in time for the Olympic Games in the French capital. “We still have to complete the safety operations, but we are doing everything to open by that date,” he tells

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