Home Customer Service Stay connected. Read today’s edition. Miami-Dade Favourites News Sports Politics Business Life and Entertainment Opinion Obituaries Video Featured Miami.com Detour Travel: Florida Keys News El Nuevo Herald Miami-Dade Favourites Guides Shopping/Reviews Deals and Offers Careers and Education Banking Legal Services Coupons Special Features Press Releases Sponsored Content Classifieds Place an Ad for Celebrations. Search Jobs, Legal Notices. Advertising CYBER MONDAY – CHOOSE YOUR OFFER WORLD Macron visits Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ahead of its reopening. By Sabine Glaubitz, DPA THE TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY UPDATED: November 29, 2024 5:22 PM French President Emmanuel Macron (centre) arrives at the presidential palace La Moneda to meet with Chilean President Gabriel Boric. (Matias Basualdo, ZUMA Press Wire/dpa/TNS) Matias Basualdo/Zuma Press Wire TNS PARIS – One week ahead of the ceremonial reopening, French President Emmanuel .Following the terrible fire in April 2019, Macron urged the country to reconstruct the landmark. In a televised in five years.we can do it.

Many were skeptical at the time that restoration work at the medieval cathedral could be completed in such a short time period. After five years of restoration, however, the Parisian landmark is now almost unrecognizable. Natural stone surfaces covering about 42,000 square meters now shine brightly after having been cleaned of centuries of accumulated dirt and soot. The cathedral was reconstructed identically, but the furnishings inside are now contemporary.

The altar and tabernacle, which house the consecrated hosts, have a simple style and are made of bronze, as is the baptismal font located right at the cathedral’s entry. The original baptismal font was positioned in a chapel on the north side. Macron arrived on Friday, accompanied by his wife Brigitte and the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich. The French president paused in front of the new reliquary to grasp the crown of thorns, a massive container composed of yellow glass stones, which will not be installed at its new site until December 13.

During the 2019 fire, the valuable crown of thorns, which arrived in Paris in 1239 and is supposed to have been bestowed on Jesus on the day of his crucifixion, was valiantly saved from the flames by the Paris firefighters. Macron stated in his speech to approximately 1,200 artisans, journeymen, and architects on the construction site that it was arranged under unprecedented conditions. The goal was to bring together the finest of French know-how, and almost 2,000 men and women worked on the restoration.”You have made the impossible possible,” Macron declared.