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Restored pediment, cleaned columns… in Paris, the Madeleine church is undergoing “Herculean work”

2022-09-28T17:47:34.808Z


Started in May 2021, the restoration work on the facade of the large church (8th century) located a stone's throw from the Place de la Concorde will


“To restore all its majesty to the Madeleine.

This is, according to Karen Taïeb, the objective of the “Herculean works”, according to the formula of the assistant (PS app) to the mayor of Paris in charge of heritage, which started in May 2021 on the south facade of the big church.

The one facing the National Assembly.

Scaffolding 30 meters high that weighs 300 tons, 3,900 square meters of facade to clean, 160 cubic meters of stones to replace... These few figures are enough to give an idea of ​​the excessiveness of this site whose project management is entrusted to the architectural agency 1090.

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Source: leparis

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