Notre Dame rooster back on Paris cathedral’s spire as renovation enters final stage
Paris, FranceReuters A large crane hoisted a new copper rooster back to the top of the spire of Notre Dame on Saturday, a meaningful milestone as workers race to finish renovating the fire-damaged Paris cathedral in the next twelve months. In the 15th April, 2019 fire that ravaged the cathedral, the old rooster had crashed […]
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 […]