The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris following the fire (Victoria Jones/PA)Notre Dame Cathedral will be rebuilt just the way it stood before last year’s devastating fire. Mr Macron, who wants Notre Dame reopened in time for the 2024 Olympics, had initially pushed for a contemporary touch on top of the cathedral, prompting eye-catching proposals from architects around the world. That means the state Notre Dame was in the afternoon of April 15 2019, before fire broke out beneath its roof, toppling its spire, consuming the roof and threatening the rose-windowed twin towers that keep the cathedral upright. Expand Close Notre Dame before the blaze (Andrew Matthews/PA) PA / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Notre Dame before the blaze (Andrew Matthews/PA)It took nearly a year to clear out dangerous lead residue released in the fire and to get to the point where workers could start removing scaffolding that had been in place before the fire for a previous renovation effort. Those materials originally include tons of lead, which is raising concerns among health and environmental groups.

Source: Irish Independent July 10, 2020 08:48 UTC