Architectural Digest
Restoring the Notre-Dame—especially on such a short timeline—was no small feat. As AD reported in its December issue, nearly 250 firms, specializing in fields such as metal work, carpentry, and stained glass, were a part of the project.
“Engineers stabilized and secured the edifice’s exterior, including its elegant flying buttresses; masons used 35,000 cubic feet of limestone to replace what had been marred; specialized teams gently cleaned walls and statues, at times with lasers, to remove soot; art conservationists repaired paintings damaged by smoke and water; and woodworkers re-created the original oak roof structure,” writes AD contributor Dana Thomas.
Even undamaged parts of the building received attention. Both towers, which weren’t harmed, were cleaned and fortified. Restoration teams also updated the bell’s ringing mechanism and the great organ. Modern safety measures, including alarms, updated fire walls, and sprinklers, were also installed. More
How could the French put money into a Christian church when biden’s Folly is still raging in Ukraine?? Yurope’s safety is at stake!!!! (sarc)
But seriously, wouldn’t it be tres ironique if Macron’s stupidity invites a hypersonic response from Russia that returns the Notre Dame to ashes?
No, I don’t wish that, but wouldn’t it be ironic?
The legacy media remains silent on the continued burning of churches in Europe.
Will the frogs have enough sense to keep the filthy rabid moslems out of it?
I see the hand of God at work reclaiming and restoring what is His.
Now they just need to keep the arsonist Muslims away from it.
@Nowut
The French are mostly a pagan people, they aren’t doing this in reverence to God or his creation. They would show the same zeal and dedication to restoring Napoleon’s tomb, The Ard De Triumph, or the Louvre Museum.
“It will be a republican and secular moment before a religious and musical moment in Notre-Dame,”
Of course, its religious value was always secondary and subordinate to its historical importance. The fact that it is a church is an afterthought.
I’ve been inside the cathedral a few times and it is beautiful so I’m glad it was restored, but since the Europeans have ceded both their land and culture to Islamic invaders, I won’t be going back.
Nowut Ameen, I agree. I would love to see it again.
I, too, was fortunate to visit Notre-Dame. Once such time I attended a concert there; the sound is amazing. The first thing I noticed in the restoration is how bright and beautiful the interior stone work is! I admire how the craftsmen were able to remove the accumulated layers of dirt and smoke. I’m grateful the French gov’t refused to modify the design of the structure. Unthinkable.
I designed Notre Dame … and oversaw it’s restoration.