Five years ago, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was nearly destroyed by fire. Today, photographers from @AssociatedPress got a peek inside to see the rebuilt interior, with soaring ceilings, new stonework, giant oak beams and vibrant stained glass windows. Here are some of the breathtaking images they took, plus details on the intricate work of the laborers who restored Notre Dame. President Emmanuel Macron thanked hundreds of workers gathered inside the cathedral at the end of his tour. “The shock of the reopening will, I want to believe, be as powerful as the one of the fire. But it will be a shock of hope,” he said. “The inferno of Notre Dame was a wound for the nation. And you were its remedy.”
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@ArtPhotosDesk@flipboard.social @AssociatedPress Just isn’t the same with all the grime of the centuries missing. However, I’m glad it is now able to collect new grime. It is a magnificent building and reconstruction.
@Westcoastmaven2@mastodon.online Yes — presumably it would have been impossible to remove just the fire damage and toxic deposits and restore it to its 2019 appearance, but we know exactly what you mean!
