Notre Dame’s fire-ravaged roof rebuilt using medieval techniques

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SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France (AP) — If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument’s fire-ravaged roof.

https://apnews.com/article/france-notre-dame-cathedral-fire-architecture-forests-8fecd524aee58a8c667e98266f67e6c2?

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A look at what was saved, what was lost in Notre Dame fire

PARIS (AP) — More than simply an iconic cathedral and jewel of Gothic architecture, Notre Dame was a treasure trove, housing priceless and irreplaceable marvels of immense religious, artistic, musical, historical and architectural value.

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Notre Dame fire shows the power of monuments to the French

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Monuments are the emotional backbone of France. That accounts for the despair over a blaze that killed no one, yet seared the collective soul. It is the power Notre Dame had — still has, despite the charred scars on its Gothic walls.

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France’s Macron tours Notre Dame Cathedral reconstruction

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron toured the reconstruction works at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Friday, cheering on workers painstakingly restoring the medieval monument four years after it suffered a devastating fire.

https://apnews.com/article/france-notre-dame-cathedral-fire-macron-paris-b118f6829a059eb0d97a060c343651ee

Notre Dame’s fire-ravaged roof rebuilt using medieval techniques

SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France (AP) — If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument’s fire-ravaged roof.

https://apnews.com/article/france-notre-dame-cathedral-fire-architecture-forests-8fecd524aee58a8c667e98266f67e6c2?

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Rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral Takes Leap Forward as the Majestic Spire Is Pieced Together

Out in the French countryside of Briey, massive planks of oak wood are being fitted together for a very, very special purpose.

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A milestone for Notre Dame: 1 year until cathedral reopens to public after devastating fire

PARIS (AP) — When flames tore into Notre Dame in 2019, people who worked in the cathedral felt orphaned. But as the world-famous Paris landmark’s reopening draws closer, they are beginning to picture their return to the place they call home and are impatient to breathe life back into its repaired stonework and vast spaces.

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Notre Dame primps for its grand post-blaze return. But why does the cathedral look unfinished?

PARIS (AP) — The bells of Notre Dame are chiming again, but scaffolding still clinging to the cathedral’s exterior is puzzling some Parisians, who question whether its grand post-blaze reopening is more symbolic than substantive.

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Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire

PARIS (AP) — 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.

https://apnews.com/article/paris-notre-dame-macron-fire-reconstruction-0a6c183693b55a55e0dc3a909000cb02?

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⛪ Notre Dame unveiling

Today's view of the altar at the heart of Notre-Dame de Paris. Photo: Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images PARIS (AP) — After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed its new self to the world today — with rebuilt soaring ceilings, and creamy, good-as-new stonework erasing somber memories of the devastating 2019 fire. A visit by French President Emmanuel Macron showed the inside of the iconic cathedral as worshippers might have experienced it back in medieval times: Wide spaces are filled with bright light on a crisp, sunny winter's day. Photo: Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via AP Gaping holes that the blaze tore into the vaulted ceilings, leaving charred piles of debris (above), are gone, now filled in with new stonework. The cathedral reopens to the public on Dec. 7. Keep reading.

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Five things you probably didn’t know about Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral, which is set to reopen to the public on Sunday after a five-year restoration following a devastating fire, stands as a jewel of Gothic architecture, a symbol of Paris and a tourist mecca.

https://apnews.com/article/notre-dame-cathedral-reopens-paris-192a2c5f4a8ded6e29ac2ff8660e04f4?

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Jill Biden’s final foreign trip as first lady will close with her and Trump at Notre Dame cathedral

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden departed Tuesday on her final solo foreign trip as first lady, a six-day, four-country jaunt through Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar that wraps with her and President-elect Donald Trump joining other dignitaries in Paris to celebrate the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral.

https://apnews.com/article/jill-biden-trump-middle-east-italy-paris-ab8715f71995812b34a25d757603ecf2?

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⛪ Notre Dame reopens

"Thank you" is projected in many languages on Notre Dame's façade. Photo: Maeva Destombes/Hans Lucas via AFP/Getty Images The 860-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral, which took nearly 200 years to build, reopened just five years after a devastating fire destroyed the spire and roof, dumping debris onto the altar. "I stand before you to express the gratitude of the French nation, our gratitude to all those who saved, helped and rebuilt the cathedral," President Emmanuel Macron said at a ceremony that drew more than 50 heads of state — plus President-elect Trump and Elon Musk. Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, knocks on the cathedral door. Photo: Regine Mahaux/WireImage via Getty Images The cathedral's bells rang out and the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, struck the doors of Notre Dame three times with his crozier (ecclesiastical staff) before symbolically reopening the building. Thousands of experts — from carpenters and stonemasons to stained glass window artists — worked round the clock for five years, using age-old methods to restore, repair or replace everything that was destroyed or damaged. Restorers and first responders got a standing ovation. (Reuters) More pics.

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Notre Dame reopens

Notre Dame, the treasured cathedral in Paris that went up in flames in 2019, officially reopened on Saturday. French officials held a ceremony featuring dozens of world leaders to celebrate finishing the five-year project to restore the landmark. Attendees included Donald Trump, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Britain's Prince William. Trump and Zelensky met with French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the event as Trump has cast doubts on continued US aid to Kyiv. Meanwhile, investigators have not yet identified the direct cause of the massive fire at Notre Dame in April 2019, though many believe the blaze was ignited by accident. Moving forward, masses will be regularly open to the public but may require reservations in advance.