Notre Dame's rector: "15 or 20 years" needed for restoration

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

PARIS (AP) — The rector of Notre Dame said Friday that the burned-out Paris cathedral and its esplanade could remain a building site for another “15 or 20 years.”

Rector Patrick Chauvet spoke to The Associated Press following Good Friday ceremonies, including venerating the “Crown of Thorns” at Notre Dame’s temporary liturgical base, the nearby church of Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois.

He added that: “I can guarantee that there’s work to do!”

In the days following the April 15, 2019, blaze that engulfed Paris’ Gothic gem, French President Emmanuel Macron set a five-year restoration deadline for 2024, when Paris is to host the Summer Olympics. But French officials quickly backpedaled Macron’s statement, conceding that it was unrealistic to complete the enormous project by that time.



Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit, second right, attends the Washing of the Feet ceremony for Maundy Thursday, in Notre Dame Cathedral, Thursday, April 1, 2021, almost two years after a massive fire ravaged the Gothic cathedral. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)


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[bluedigger]

1. The original construction took the better part of a century.

Seems reasonable.

[CTyankee]

2. I am so grateful that i was able to see this great cathedral when I was 16 years old and then

again when was in my seventies. This I carry in my heart always.

[demosincebirth]

4. I too was able to see and spend time inside this magnificent Cathedral. So breathtaking it was that

I forgot my 80 dollar hat on the main alter, I think.

[keithbvadu2]

3. 15 or 20 years... no big deal. Do it right to last.

15 or 20 years... no big deal.

Do it right to last.

[Sin]

5. Wow. 15 to 20 years

Just think of all the homes they are going to build for the homeless and the sick they will take care of in that time with all that money. O yea I forgot this place isn't for that it's to show how meek they are.

[CTyankee]

6. France isn't the USA. Last time I checked they had health care for all (like most European

countries).

And, oh yeah, I forgot about all those homeless people! Every day, another story about the homeless in Paris and other places in France. It's their number ONE problem.

Honestly, how many times have you heard about hunger/homelessness in France (compared to us)?

Parisians (and many others) LOVE their heritage in art, architecture and, of course, food. Why do you attack it?

Please list all the problems the French have, compared to what we have in this country. I'd be interested in seeing it....

[Sin]

8. So France is the world now Good to know.

and of course Christianity exists only in France and their 15 to 20 years of hypocrisy will only extend to it boarders of the country But hey at least some unimportant peddlers of false hope can have a place to hang their pointy hats. In of course some wonderful artistic splendor.

[CTyankee]

9. not to worry, mon ami. Perhaps you will be interested to learn that ordinary, base glass is best

for stained glass. Pourquoi you may ask? It has sand in it not taken out by glaziers. Oui, mon ami, c'est vrai! The glass you get your jams and jellied in are best for infusing color.
This was written about by Louis Comfort Tiffany as he was interested in putting stained glass in people's homes (windows,e.g.).

I know all this because I'm a smarty pants who writes about art history. The pants go well with my stuffed shirt.

[Maxheader]

7. Such magnificence!

Pity they didn't understand the potential for a fire....

[GulfCoast66]

10. Last time we were there(2017)we toured the 'forest' in the attic.

Glad we got to see it. ND is one of my wife’s favorite places in the world. And we are not at all religious.