
Catholic University Raises Replica of Notre-Dame de Paris Truss
A team of timber framers, carpenters, faculty, and students followed French protocol from the Middle Ages in everything from timber harvesting and tools to assembly.
A team of timber framers, carpenters, faculty, and students followed French protocol from the Middle Ages in everything from timber harvesting and tools to assembly.
‘Éternelle Notre-Dame’ is a virtual-reality expedition to the heart of the Paris cathedral dedicated to Our Lady, from its construction to the current restoration work.
The vote by a 24-member committee came shortly after more than 100 of France’s leading figures in the arts and academia criticized the proposals.
The French government is overseeing the cathedral’s structural restoration and conservation, but the cathedral authorities are responsible for its interior renewal.
“This cathedral is also the symbol of the restoration of this Church founded 2,000 years ago by Christ himself,” the archbishop said in his homily on the evening of June 16.
The French government is overseeing the cathedral’s structural restoration and conservation, but the cathedral authorities are responsible for its interior renewal.
Last year, the French Senate passed a bill mandating that Notre-Dame be rebuilt as it was before the fire.
Interview about The Girl and the Cathedral
After the reconstruction begins, it will take about three years before the cathedral can be open to the public.
Michel Picaud, president of Friends of Notre Dame de Paris, discusses his mission to help finance restoration of the beloved Paris church.
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