new video loaded: Inside the Faithful Restoration of Notre-Dame
By Michael Kimmelman, Christina Shaman and Laura Salaberry•December 6, 2024
After Notre Dame caught fire in 2019, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, promised to reopen the cathedral in five years. The timeline seemed a Hail Mary. Yet here we are. Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic for The New York Times, brings us a behind-the-scenes look at the faithful restoration of Notre Dame, which opens to the public on Dec. 8.
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