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It was a miracle! The rooster that surmounted Notre Dame did not fall in the inferno after the collapse of the spire, during the fire that struck the cathedral on April 15 and stunned the world. The day after the fire, he is found by the chief architect. After a flying drone on the roofs of the aisles of the cathedral.
This weekend, on the occasion of Heritage Days, the general public will discover at the Ministry of Culture, among others, the copper bird, largely damaged by its fall of nearly 90 meters. Europe 1 could see the rooster before his exhibition. The sculpture could remain in its current state as a witness to the fire.
"It looks like a compression of Caesar"
"So here is the cock that was saved, it is very damaged, the wings are crushed, the body is flattened," says Richard Boyer, the director of Scora, the company responsible for the restoration. "But on the other hand there are no traces of flames, fire, it is dented and this deterioration is due to the fall, and as you can see, there are traces of gilding. origin was golden, "he explains. "It felt like he had a vague rugby ball, and now it looks like Caesar's compression."
The rooster had to be restored before Notre Dame caught fire. Except that the fire changed everything. The idea, "it would be to keep it as is, and to present it to the public in the treasure of the cathedral, as a witness to the fire," said Richard Boyer. In this case, a replica of the cock in the identical, would be achieved. A brand new cock, all gilded, could again overhang a day Notre Dame.