For most passersby, the disappearance of barriers is a surprise. On this Pentecost Sunday, walkers can once again tread the square in front of Notre-Dame de Paris, a year after its closure due to lead pollution due to the cathedral fire on April 15, 2019. The regional agency Ile-de-France health center gave the green light to the reopening of the place, hailed as a symbol by Anne Hidalgo: “It is a form of renaissance today. "
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"I did not expect it at all, it feels good, I missed it," exclaims Angèle, arriving by chance on the forecourt. "A cathedral is made to be admired, and a cathedral without a forecourt, it hardly exists," adds Anyssa.
Interrupted in mid-March because of the health crisis, the building security work must resume very gradually.
