up for grabs, unesco world heritage status. so, will it be the crusty baguette or those distinctive blue grey zinc rooftops that will triumph? we sent emeline nsingi nkosi to watch two rivals slug it out for the honours. bells chime you can t walk more than a street in paris without seeing someone with a baguette under their arm. i m told the french get through 10 billion of them every year. jaunty music plays it s no wonder, then, that the quality of the humble breadstick is taken so seriously, there is even an annual competition to be named the best baguette in paris. that one there. that looks good. and this place has won the award twice.
it helps me to feel more connected to what s around me. french accordion music plays. now, paris is a city that s rightly proud of its traditional image but battlelines are being drawn over what truly makes it look and feel so uniquely parisian. upfor grabs, unesco world heritage status. so, will it be the crusty baguette or those distinctive blue grey zinc rooftops that will triumph? we sent emeline nsingi nkosi to see two rivals slug it out for the honours. bells toll. you can t walk more than a street in paris without seeing someone with a baguette under their arm. i m told the french get through 10 billion of them every year. jaunty music plays.
to the sea of blue grey zinc roofs they maintain. this has got to be one of the best views in europe, and there s a couple of reasons for that. the first is that you can only build to a certain height, and the second one is that most of the rooftops are covered in the same blue and grey zinc. but paris hasn t always looks like this. in the late 19th century, emperor napoleon iii enlisted georges eugene haussmann to completely redesign the city in one of the most ambitious plans of renovation in any city anywhere. inspired by london, a lighter, clean and safer paris soon emerged. the zinc rooftops became a symbol of the city s regeneration, covering around 75% of the roofs in paris. that s a lot of roofs! with not a lot of roofers to maintain them.
of the city s unique skyline is down in big part to the sea of blue grey zinc roofs they maintain. this has got to be one of the best views in europe, and there s a couple of reasons for that. the first is that you can only build to a certain height, and the second one is that most of the rooftops are covered in the same blue and grey zinc. but paris hasn t always looks like this. in the late 19th century, emperor napoleon iii enlisted georges eugene haussmann to completely redesign the city in one of the most ambitious plans of renovation in any city anywhere. inspired by london, a lighter, clean and safer paris soon emerged. the zinc rooftops became a symbol of the city s regeneration, covering around 75% of the roofs in paris. that s a lot of roofs!
georges eugene haussmann to completely redesign the city in one of the most ambitious plans of renovation in any city anywhere. inspired by london, a lighter, clean and safer paris soon emerged. the zinc rooftops became a symbol of the city s regeneration, covering around 75% of the roofs in paris. that s a lot of roofs! with not a lot of roofers to maintain them. now, several years since we tried to win this candidature, because it is very important to save the roofs of paris because each 50 or 60 years, you have to change the zinc. now, unfortunately, we have a terrible lack of well trained roofers. why do you think there aren t enough young people who want to become roofers? young people think when you are