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Added on the 31/05/2020 16:28:40 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral gets a new golden rooster, part of its renaissance from the ashes of the 2019 fire that severely damaged it, and ahead of its reopening next year. The artefact was blessed by the archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich before being lifted into place on the cathedral spire 96 metres (104 yards) high, in blue skies and winter sunshine. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron checks Notre Dame's new spire and speaks with people in charge of the cathedral's restoration. exactly one year till it is scheduled to reopened on Dec 8th, 2024. The UNESCO-listed building was badly damaged by fire in 2019. IMAGES
An ornate cross is lifted by crane and installed on the new spire of Paris' emblematic Notre-Dame cathedral. Workers have one year, starting on Friday, to finish restoring the gothic monument in time for its reopening following a monstrous fire in 2019. IMAGES
Images of the exterior of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, some of which is under construction two years to the day after the fire that ravaged the building. French President Emmanuel Macron is due to visit the site later today. IMAGES
A colossal fire has swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, causing a spire to collapse and raising fears over the future of the nearly millennium old building and its precious artworks. IMAGES