Restoration of Notre-Dame’s smoke-damaged stained glass starts
Troyes, France Reuters When Notre-Dame de Paris suffered extensive structural damage in a major fire, most of the historic cathedral’s stained glass was able to withstand the heat and the flames. But the windows were heavily soiled with smoke and dust which blocked external light and obscured the range of colours of the 170 years-old […]
Notre Dame’s crypt reopens, honours two figures key to the cathedral
Paris, FranceAP The crypt under the plaza in front of Notre Dame Cathedral, spared during the 2019 fire that devastated the medieval edifice, reopened to the public Wednesday after a painstaking cleaning to remove traces of lead dust that spewed from the nearby blaze. The Archeological Crypt of Notre Dame features an exhibition on two […]