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From the top of its towers, eight centuries contemplate us. From the launching of its construction in 1163, to the first decades of the third millennium, Notre-Dame de Paris, a veritable milestone for centuries, has not only gone through the history of France: it has participated in its writing. At the microphone of Europe 1, our historian Fabrice d'Almeida remembers the key dates.
Imposing decorum of the staging of the royal power under the old regime, Notre-Dame de Paris becomes, under the Republic, "a church of the Nation". The solemn funeral of Sadi Carnot, assassinated in 1894, announces major commemorative events of the coming decades, with tributes paid to, among others, Paul Doumer, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Charles de Gaulle, Georges Pompidou and François Mitterrand.
In 2009, an inter-religious office was visited in the presence of many politicians after the crash of the Paris-Rio flight. The day after the terrible fire that devoured the roof of the building, our historian assures: "This is not the end of a story."
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