After the fire, the crypt in the forecourt of Notre-Dame had closed.
For its reopening, an exhibition recounts the rescue of the cathedral in the 19th century.
The team of curators led by Valérie Guillaume, director of the Carnavalet Museum, to which the crypt is attached, has chosen to focus on this nineteenth century that some wanted to sweep away with the back of a hand claiming to restore a hypothetical medieval state or endow Notre-Dame with an arrow in the shape of a “contemporary gesture”.
Notre-Dame de Paris is also a masterpiece of the 19th century, this very educational and well-designed course demonstrates it.
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Ashes to the wait: a year ago, the fire of Notre-Dame de Paris
It all starts with Hugo's novel, which describes a cathedral that became incomprehensible in the early days of printing.
"This will kill that"
, says Claude Frollo, the terrifying archdeacon in love with Esmeralda, the printed book will cause the death of the building: it is wrong and Hugo guesses it.
His book will save the monument.
Quasimodo will acquire universal glory, inspiring
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