Alain Robert climbed on Monday the Engie tower, located at La Defense, 185 meters high and 37 floors. The goal ? "Save Notre-Dame-de-Paris".

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The French "Spider-man" Alain Robert, 56 years old, specialist in climbing with his bare hands, hoisted himself Monday morning at the top of the tower Engie, Defense, high 185 meters and 37 floors for, said he, "save Notre-Dame-de-Paris", noted an AFP photographer.

Hello @frenchspiderman. Always a pleasure to see Alain Robert in full exercise of #FreeSolo with the Defense;) # Climbing # AlainRobertpic.twitter.com / tRCQ0MbTlc

- Aubin Jullian (@aubinjullian) March 25, 2019

Arrested at 11.45 am on the summit, Alain Robert was taken into custody at the Courbevoie police station in the Hauts-de-Seine, for "endangering the lives of others" and "deliberate failure to be careful". we learned from police sources.

"A blow of heart and a joke"

"This new clandestine escalation is a blow of heart and a rage to save Notre-Dame-de-Paris: it is the French heritage that is collapsing," told AFP Alain Robert. "150 million euros are needed to restore the cathedral," he added, an amount confirmed by the Society of Friends of Notre-Dame-de-Paris, in search of patrons in France and abroad.

"Alain Robert did not contact us, we did not ask him anything but this spotlight can help us", recognized André Finot, in charge of the communication of the cathedral and the association. "We obviously do not encourage this kind of exploit," he said.

Without authorization or security system, but with a sponsor

Without incident, the climb of the Engie tower lasted about 45 minutes, causing a small crowd of thirty curious.

According to his habit since 1994, Alain Robert who carries out his exploits without authorization, in full solo and without any system of security, had summoned near some media, without announcing the chosen tower.

"People must realize that the French heritage is not a priority, it's the last wheel of the coach!", Blasted Alain Robert, before his rise sponsored, this time, by a brand of non alcoholic. "My mouth up today, it's probably not much compared to the 'yellow vests', but when I want to do things, I do!", Said Alain Robert, who says he lives Bali for seven years.

The "spider-man" was arrested in late January after climbing one of the tallest towers in the Philippines, the GT Tower (47 stories). In June, he attacked the fifth tallest tower in the world in Seoul, but was forced to give up before the intervention of security agents. In 2016, Alain Robert had already attacked the Defense, climbing the Total Tower.