Three years after the fire that devastated it, Notre-Dame-de-Paris has regained its original whiteness thanks to the daily work of an army of craftsmen in the heart of a forest of scaffolding for its reopening always scheduled for 2024.
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The titanic construction began in April 2019 with the "securing" of the building.
A "major step" under high security which was completed in the summer of 2021, at a total cost of 151 million euros.
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The disaster had sparked an unprecedented outpouring of generosity, with nearly 844 million euros in donations collected from 340,000 donors from 150 countries to date, according to the public establishment in charge of the restoration project.
In parallel with the work in progress in the cathedral, restoration work is continuing in craft workshops throughout France.
With AFP
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