Tag Archives: Notre Dame Cathedral

Stone carving jobs for youth

Posted on September 18, 2022 by David Brussat

National Public Radio reported three years ago that the need for stone carvers to help restore the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, in Paris, following its fire in 2019, has caused schools teaching that craft to mushroom in France. These young people … Continue reading →

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Latest wrinkle at Notre-Dame

Posted on August 14, 2022 by David Brussat

Paris’s mayor Anne Hildago has announced a proposed visitors center in an abandoned garage beneath Notre-Dame cathedral. Since visitors centers are notoriously ugly, this one qualifies as an odd duck. Its location underneath the cathedral’s large plaza hides it away … Continue reading →

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Notre-Dame remains dicey

Posted on December 26, 2019 by David Brussat

It was recently reported that the annual Christmas mass at Notre-Dame de Paris will not take place for the first time since the French Revolution, and, by the way, the survival of the entire cathedral, most of which was thought … Continue reading →

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