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April 22, 2021

2 years after devastating fire, Notre Dame gets ready for actual restoration phase

  • The cathedral is expected to remain under construction for another 15 or 20 years, but it could partially reopen in 2024.
    • By THOMAS ADAMSON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Francois Mori [enlarge]
    Workers have been stabilizing vaults and removing scaffolding that was in place during the fire and melted.

    PARIS — Two years after a fire tore through Paris' most famous cathedral and shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron last 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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