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"Heritage: we must save the classified quarries of Meudon"

2022-05-17T18:57:08.674Z


COLLECTIVE TRIBUNE - The splendid classified quarries of Meudon are threatened with filling due to an excessive application of the precautionary principle, protest Stéphane Bern, journalist and animator, Jean Clair, general heritage curator and academician, Adrien Goetz,...


Our heritage is both the bearer of our identity and, because it is rooted in the land, bears a message for humanity: that of the long history of genius, know-how and human sensitivity in developing the surface of the earth and meet their material, artistic and spiritual aspirations.

It is a good that is ours, but the conservation of which obliges us well beyond our borders.

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Let us rejoice: France is undoubtedly one of the countries in the world where heritage is the subject of the greatest attention.

The French love it, millions of foreigners come to visit it, the training and skills of our curators, architects of historic monuments, heritage architects, archaeologists and art historians are exceptional.

Classified as a site since 1986, the quarry presents, because of its scientific and artistic character, a general interest recognized by the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Environment.

Let's not rejoice too soon.

It is a heritage which, although protected by law, is now meticulously destroyed by the public authorities.

In Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine), close to…

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Source: lefigaro

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