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Notre Dame Reconstruction: Macron Commissioner rages against chief architects

2019-11-14T16:14:11.663Z


During the fire of the cathedral Notre-Dame collapsed the famous pinnacle. How should it be rebuilt - modern alienated or in a historical appearance? The dispute has now escalated.



He should "shut up". For example, Jean-Louis Georgelin, President of Emmanuel Macron, was in charge of the chief architect, Philippe Villeneuve, who was responsible for the reconstruction of the Notre Dame Cathedral, destroyed in a fire.

The architect advocates a historical reconstruction of the ruined pinnacle, but President Macron wants a "creative reconstruction" in a modern form. In conversation is about a glass tower.

The five-star General Georgelin was indignant at a hearing by a parliamentary committee on the repeated plea by chief architect Villeneuve for a historic solution. According to his own account, the 71-year-old general, whom Macron had ordered after the fire on April 15, surprisingly, with the reconstruction, his opponent's mouth shut.

The question of the pinnacle is only in early 2021, said Georgelin. "We will then make the best choice for Notre-Dame, for Paris and the world," said the General, who was chief of staff of the French army from 2006 to 2010.

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The debate over whether the neo-Gothic pinnacle on the roof should be faithfully reconstructed or resurrected as a contemporary architect's design had split France into two camps last summer.

At present, the work to secure the cathedral is still in progress. The actual reconstruction should begin in 2021. Macron has promised a reopening of the gothic church by 2024. Experts consider this very ambitious.

Source: spiegel

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