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 (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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Restoration of Paris’ Notre Dame continues, but slowed by pandemic
French President Emmanuel Macron visited the building site that Notre Dame has become in the two years since a devastating fire tore through Paris most famous cathedral.
By THOMAS ADAMSON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFERAssociated Press
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Two years after a fire tore through Paris most famous cathedral and shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the building site on Thursday to show that French heritage has not been forgotten despite the coronavirus. Benoit Tessier via Associated Press
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 pandemic.
Thomas Adamson And Jeffrey Schaeffer
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 Photo/Christophe Ena) April 15, 2021 - 3:24 AM
PARIS - Two years after a fire tore through Parisâ 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.
Flanked by ministers, architects and the retired French army general who is overseeing the restoration of the 12th century monument, Macron assessed the progress of the ambitious rebuilding project and offered the pandemic-weary French public some hope that a completion date will arrive one day, if not in the near future.
2021-04-15 14:36:11 GMT2021-04-15 22:36:11(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
PARIS, April 15 (Xinhua) Two years after a ferocious blaze devastated Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday visited the site and reaffirmed that the 2024 deadline set for the renovation project will be met.
Wearing overalls, boots and a hard hat, Macron inspected the site, accompanied by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Jean-Louis Georgelin, a retired French Army general in charge of the reconstruction. We are all impressed with what we see, Macron told a group of workers. In two years, an immense job of security, of expertise has been achieved.