Walls collapse at Copenhagen’s blaze-hit Old Stock Exchange
Copenhagen, Denmark Reuters Large parts of the outer walls of Denmark’s landmark 400-year-old stock exchange building collapsed on Thursday afternoon, two days after a fire ripped through the historic structure. There was a loud bang as the brickwork came down and a cloud of ash enveloped the building. “The thing we feared has happened,” Copenhagen […]
Notre Dame Cathedral’s restoration has been a five year journey of dedication and recovery
Paris, France AP The restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris following a tragic blaze in April, 2019, is a story of dedication and recovery. The iconic medieval monument immortalised in history, film and literature has been gradually rebuilt over the past five years, through challenges that have included delays during the pandemic and the […]
Oak trusses raised to roof of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral as crowds watch along the Seine
Paris, FranceAP A crane hoisted massive oak trusses from a barge and onto Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday in a spectacular operation to rebuild the fire-ravaged monument and bring it back to life by December, 2024. With trusses weighing 7 to 7.5 tons, the delicate operation drew crowds along a bridge over the Seine River and on […]
Time machine: Rebuilding Notre Dame’s fire-ravaged roof transports workers back to Middle Ages
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine, FranceAP If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument’s fire-ravaged roof. Certainly the reverse is true for the modern-day carpenters using medieval-era skills. Working with hand axes […]
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 […]
Catholics mark Good Friday outside Notre-Dame three years after fire
Reuters Hundreds of Catholic worshippers gathered for prayer and song outside Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on Good Friday, three years to the day after its roof was destroyed in a massive blaze. Notre-Dame has been closed for restoration since the fire in 2019 gutted its roof and sent its spire crashing down, to the horror […]
Paris’ Notre Dame rector offers hope to virus-hit worshippers
Paris, FranceAP Worshippers in face masks filed into Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois Church across from the Louvre Museum on Friday for Christmas Eve Mass, and were greeted by the rector of the closed Notre Dame Cathedral. It was the second year that holiday service are being held under the shadow of the coronavirus. Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral’s rector […]
Macron admires Notre Dame restoration from cathedral’s fire-damaged rooftop
Paris, FranceReuters President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday applauded the painstaking work to restore Notre-Dame de Paris, two years after a fire destroyed the cathedral’s centuries-old attic and sent its spire crashing through the vaults below. In the hours after the blaze, Macron told a distraught nation that the cathedral, which dates back to the 12th […]
Notre Dame’s rector: “15 or 20 years” needed for restoration
Paris, FranceAP The rector of Notre Dame said on Friday that the burned-out Paris cathedral and its esplanade could remain a building site for another “15 or 20 years”. Rector Patrick Chauvet spoke to The Associated Press following Good Friday ceremonies, including venerating the “Crown of Thorns” at Notre Dame’s temporary liturgical base, the nearby […]
First oak trees selected to replace Notre Dame’s spire
Paris, FranceAP The first eight oak trees destined to replace the destroyed spire of Paris’ scorched Notre Dame cathedral have been selected from the Bercé forest in the French Loire region, church officials have said. The iconic, 96 metre high spire was completely destroyed in the fire that ravaged the Paris monument in 2019. It […]