From 2019 to 2022, Jérémie Patrier-Leitus was director within the public establishment responsible for the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. He has also been a professor at Sciences Po Paris since 2018.
Four years ago, on April 15, 2019, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, engulfed in flames, aroused universal emotion and an unprecedented outpouring of generosity.
That night, faced with this disastrous spectacle and faced with the possible loss of this architectural masterpiece, a universal symbol of Paris and France, the French (re)discovered their deep attachment to their heritage and became aware of its fragility.
Read the fileNotre-Dame de Paris: after the disaster, reconstruction
Shaped over the centuries by the genius of men, our heritage is our most precious common heritage, which brings us together and unites us despite the ferments of hatred and division that run through our society.
From time immemorial, it is in the shadow of the towers of our cathedrals, at the bedside of our monuments, that the French have gathered as soon as they…
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