Essay: Notre Dame reopens in Paris five years after fire – its reconstruction preserves the past and illuminates France’s modern ambitions
IRIT KLEIMAN, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at how the tension between preserving the past and building the future has defined the cathedral…
Notre Dame’s crypt reopens, honours two figures key to the cathedral
Paris, France AP The crypt under the plaza in front of Notre Dame Cathedral, spared during the 2019 fire that devastated the medieval edifice, reopened to the public Wednesday after a painstaking cleaning to remove traces of lead dust that spewed from the nearby blaze. The Archeological Crypt of Notre Dame features an exhibition on […]