Giant statues of saints to crown latest step in €700m restoration of Notre Dame
by Kim Willsher in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#6Y5P9)
Copper-coated figures are being returned to cathedral's reconstructed spire after devastating blaze of 2019
Sixteen giant statues are to be hoisted back on to the spire of Notre Dame in the latest step of the cathedral's 700m (600m) reconstruction after the devastating fire of 2019.
The copper-coated figures, each weighing almost 150kg, escaped the blaze because they were removed from the Parisian landmark for renovation just four days before flames consumed the roof and destroyed the spire.
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