Sunday, August 30, 2020

Notre Dame 3


I was delighted to read that work has begun again on the repairs for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.  
Unfortunately, work had to be halted just before it was due to begin on March 23rd due to Covid-19.  
There was of course much concern that the delay would make matters worse.  
But a pandemic is a pandemic and lives matter more than buildings.  Even if the buildings are as beautiful as Notre Dame.

Work was restarted on June 8th, beginning with the removal of the melted scaffolding. 
And there was more good news.  Notre Dame will be restored to its previous glory. 
https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/notre-dame-cathedral-restoration#:~:text=Before%20the%20Fire-,Paris'%20Notre%20Dame%20Will%20Be%20Restored%20Exactly%20As%20It%20Was,%E2%80%9Clast%20known%20visual%20state.%E2%80%9D

Discussions about modernizing it abounded after the fire.  There was even a contest for new ideas.  
So I breathed a sigh of relief when I read that it would maintain its Gothic beauty.  
Perhaps because I can still remember studying its famous flying buttresses in art history class.  
It would have been a real shame to mess with it.
Here are the previous Notre Dame blogs...



Cheers!
PJ

(c) 2020 PJ Lehrer









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