Notre-Dame Cathedral’s reopening is set for 2024, though the interior restoration won’t be done in time for the Paris Olympics, reports Bloomberg.
image for illustration: Notre Dame 2019 by Baidax, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
… nearly $900 million refurbishment….nearing the home stretch…
Bloomberg writes:
One of the oldest and most iconic features of the Paris skyline is set to rise again.
The spire of Notre-Dame de Paris, which went up in flames and dramatically collapsed during the massive fire of 2019, is in the midst of being rebuilt, a symbolic milestone in the nearly $900 million refurbishment of the Gothic cathedral that’s finally nearing the home stretch…
By the end of this year, if all goes according to plan, one of the most critical parts of the building’s resurrection will be complete: the installation of the solid oak beam framework of the soaring steeple….
A 21-member donors’ committee has overseen the works and includes representatives of Bernard Arnault, the world’s second-richest individual and head of luxury empire LVMH; Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, heiress to the L’Oréal SA fortune and the richest woman; François Pinault, founder of Gucci-owner Kering SA; and executives from major French companies like oil giant TotalEnergies SE, Sanofi and BNP Paribas SA. Also sitting at the table are the heads of various charities…
