The new tower of Paris' Notre Dame cathedral has a cross and a golden rooster on top, designed to resemble a phoenix with burning feathers, symbolizing the medieval building's rise from the ashes. The scaffolding around the tower was removed yesterday almost five years after the fire, and it is assumed that the remaining process of removing all the scaffolding could…
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The spire of Notre Dame, crowned with a brand new golden rooster, returned to its place in the Paris skyline last week. Tourists and Parisians flocked to the cathedral to marvel at the return of one of its most famous symbolic features, still closed for now, with restoration in full swing. Nearly 500 artisans are...
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Near the city of Almere in the Netherlands, near Amsterdam, lives the Green Cathedral (De Groene Kathedraal), a work of art signed by the Dutch author Marinus Boezem. She really lives. It is a "land art" project which, together with some concrete, consists of 178 strategically planted Lombardy poplars. They are planted precisely to…
The fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in 2019 allowed researcher Maxime L'Erittier and other colleagues to access certain areas and parts of the archaeological site that were once hidden to find numerous iron fasteners used in construction. The restoration of Notre Dame, following a fire in 2019 that severely damaged the cathedral, revealed…
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Several tombs and a lead sarcophagus, probably dating from the 14th century, have been discovered by archaeologists at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as work continues on the reconstruction of the building following the devastating fire in 2019, writes The Guardian. The burial sites "of outstanding scientific quality" were excavated during the preparatory work for the reconstruction of the peak of…
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