Notre Dame reopening offers ‘shock of hope’, says Emmanuel Macron
by Philip Oltermann European culture editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6SJZT)
French president tours medieval cathedral in Paris to view restoration after devastating 2019 fire
The restoration of Paris's Notre Dame after its partial destruction by fire five years ago will give the world a shock of hope", Emmanuel Macron has said as he marked the medieval cathedral's imminent reopening with a televised walking tour.
Alongside his wife, Brigitte, and the archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, the French president was shown around the rebuilt medieval cathedral on Friday morning by Philippe Villeneuve, the chief architect of France's national monuments.
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