Redevelopment of Notre-Dame de Paris: "Bringing together the sacred and the profane"

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The nave of Notre-Dame de Paris on June 16, 2021 Thomas SAMSON POOL / AFP / Archivos

By: Florent Guignard Follow

This Thursday, December 9,

experts from the national heritage and architecture commission have given the green light to the project of the diocese of Paris to redevelop the interior of the cathedral, devastated by a gigantic fire on April 15, 2019. As a backdrop, this question : Is Notre-Dame de Paris a church or a museum?

Some answers with Jean-François Cabestan, architectural historian, heritage architect and teacher at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

  • Patrimony

  • Notre Dame of Paris

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