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After Toppling in the 2019 Fire, Notre-Dame’s Spire Rises Again After Toppling in the 2019 Fire, Notre-Dame’s Spire Rises Again
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President Emmanuel Macron of France was in the heart of Paris on Friday to check on progress in the restoration of an 860-year-old limestone landmark: Notre-Dame Cathedral, whose familiar silhouette is rising once again on the skyline of the French capital.President Emmanuel Macron of France was in the heart of Paris on Friday to check on progress in the restoration of an 860-year-old limestone landmark: Notre-Dame Cathedral, whose familiar silhouette is rising once again on the skyline of the French capital.
On a chilly, humid morning, Mr. Macron donned a hard hat and took a three-minute elevator ride to visit a new spire that is nearing completion atop the famed Gothic edifice that was ravaged by a devastating fire in April 2019.On a chilly, humid morning, Mr. Macron donned a hard hat and took a three-minute elevator ride to visit a new spire that is nearing completion atop the famed Gothic edifice that was ravaged by a devastating fire in April 2019.
His visit came one year to the day before Notre-Dame is scheduled to reopen, on Dec. 8, 2024.His visit came one year to the day before Notre-Dame is scheduled to reopen, on Dec. 8, 2024.
“It’s a great source of pride,” Mr. Macron said as he shook hands with carpenters from the top of the scaffolding. Later, looking down at workers clustered farther below, he shouted: “Merci!”“It’s a great source of pride,” Mr. Macron said as he shook hands with carpenters from the top of the scaffolding. Later, looking down at workers clustered farther below, he shouted: “Merci!”
He had reason to be grateful. The fire’s embers were still smoldering in 2019 when he solemnly vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt within five years — an ambitious deadline that officials are increasingly confident will be met.He had reason to be grateful. The fire’s embers were still smoldering in 2019 when he solemnly vowed that the cathedral would be rebuilt within five years — an ambitious deadline that officials are increasingly confident will be met.
The spire is expected to be finished by the end of the month. Carpenters are also nearly done with a new triangular wooden attic to replace what used to be called the “forest” — a latticework of ancient timbers that was ravaged by the fire.
Inside, workers have started to remove scaffolding from the nave and the choir, and have nearly finished cleaning more than 450,000 square feet of stone surfaces that had been darkened by soot, dust and lead particles.