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It's owned by the Government of France. N/T OneBlueDotBama Apr 2019 #1
I had to recheck the history. Napoleon signed the cathedral back over to the Church in 1801. Ninga Apr 2019 #2
From Wiki OneBlueDotBama Apr 2019 #7
Thanks. Ninga Apr 2019 #14
Thousands of priceless artwork... kentuck Apr 2019 #3
The artwork may have been saved. Iterate Apr 2019 #18
That's really impressive! renate Apr 2019 #19
That will be great! kentuck Apr 2019 #20
Translation is : "Good news: all the artworks have been saved. The treasure of the cathedral... TeamPooka Apr 2019 #25
That's great news! CabalPowered Apr 2019 #27
It was being repaired. There was scaffolding all around the spire. maxsolomon Apr 2019 #4
As I clearly understood and heard, there has been a long effort to raise monies for drastically Ninga Apr 2019 #9
Really? Do you know who the General Contractor was? What the budget was? maxsolomon Apr 2019 #12
All I learned was that there was and is an ongoing struggle to raise renovation monies. I Ninga Apr 2019 #16
In my other life I worked for a architectural firm specializing in historic Ninga Apr 2019 #13
I'm crushed and incredilbly upset. maxsolomon Apr 2019 #15
I understand and appreciate your view. I guess you already know mine. Nt Ninga Apr 2019 #17
Given the extent of the renovations, I hope many items were offsite. nt Hekate Apr 2019 #5
That's the only slightly bright spot: a lot of the movable art had been moved out Recursion Apr 2019 #11
Another bright spot is that nobody has died. nt UniteFightBack Apr 2019 #21
Another bright spot is that it is believed to have been accidental lostnfound Apr 2019 #23
Pipe organs ain't cheap either Blue Owl Apr 2019 #6
But at least replaceable. Fozzledick Apr 2019 #8
Some of those pipe organs *are* themselves Renaissance art Recursion Apr 2019 #10
LOL...thanks. Iggo Apr 2019 #24
Sort of Wednesdays Apr 2019 #26
The Roman ruins directly below are now flooded and ruined lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #22
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