16 copper statues were removed from the roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris for restoration in southwest France.
The religious statue representing St. Paul perched atop Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral descends to earth for the first time in over a century as part of a restoration, in Paris Thursday, April 11, 2019. The 16 greenish-gray copper statues, which represent the twelve apostles and four evangelists, are lowered by a 100 meter crane onto a truck to be taken for restoration in southwestern France.
A 100-meter-high crane lowered the copper statues representing the 12 apostles and four evangelists onto a truck, giving the public a ground-level look for the first time on Thursday.The 3-meter-tall statues are being sent to southwestern for work that is part of a 6 million-euro renovation project on the cathedral spire and its 250 tons of lead.
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