After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral has showed its new self to the world Friday.
THOMAS ADAMSON and JOHN LEICESTER Associated PressThe images were captured from a site visit by French President Emmanuel Macron inside the iconic cathedral.After more than five years of frenetic, but sometimes interrupted, reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed itself anew to the world Friday, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new stonework erasing somber memories of its devastating fire in 2019.
The cathedral's bright, cream-colored limestone walls look brand new, cleaned not only of dust from the fire but also of grime that had accumulated for centuries. People stroll in Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral while French President Emmanuel Macron visits the restored interiors the monument, Friday, Nov.29, 2024 in Paris.Powerful vacuum cleaners were used to first remove toxic dust released when the fire melted the cathedral's lead roofs.
Cleaning gels were also used on some walls that had been painted, removing many years of accumulated dirt and revealing their bright colors once again. A combo of images showing the altar inside Notre Dame cathedral in Paris after the fire on April 16, 2019, top, and showing after the renovation and taken on Friday Nov. 29, 2024.It's a sneak peak ahead of the reopening
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