Notre Dame Cathedral Restored

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After the devastating fire in 2019

Notre Dame’s formal reopening will take place on December 7 and the first public mass will be held the following day.

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Construction workers who rebuilt the Notre Dame cathedral wait inside during a visit by French president.
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Brookswood said:
The interior lighting looks greatly improved. The last time I was in Notre Dame (Paris, not the other ones scattered about Europe), it was rather dark and dreary.
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Yes, you're right.

“As you walk in, what hits you is just how light and bright it is,” Bell said.

“You realize that before the fire, many centuries of worship and passage and life had meant that it was very dark. There was something really somber when you came inside. That has been completely transformed,” she said.

“It isn’t so much they’ve restored it to its glory of five years ago, but that they’ve restored it to its glory of many centuries ago.”
 
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RadishRose said:
Yes, you're right.

“As you walk in, what hits you is just how light and bright it is,” Bell said.

“You realize that before the fire, many centuries of worship and passage and life had meant that it was very dark. There was something really somber when you came inside. That has been completely transformed,” she said.

“It isn’t so much they’ve restored it to its glory of five years ago, but that they’ve restored it to its glory of many centuries ago.”
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I am reminded of the restoration of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. It went from those aged, dark, ominous colors to bright and cheerful. Some people think they went too far, but given time, I am sure the colors will fade and the dirt will make things a dull brown again.
 
Brookswood said:
I am reminded of the restoration of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. It went from those aged, dark, ominous colors to bright and cheerful. Some people think they went too far, but given time, I am sure the colors will fade and the dirt will make things a dull brown again.
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Can you imagine tho', how these places began as light, clean and radiant? That was what the people of those times enjoyed and considered usual.

It was only after a century or eight, that those generations knew the interiors as dark, covered with dirt and pollution and considered this darkness the norm.

This all just fascinates me.
 
It does fascinate me as well.
Have you seen "The Cathedral of The Sea"?
It was presented as a series on Netflix. It is inspired from the historical book. It is the story of a serf than gained freedom by working as a cathedral's stone worker in 14th century Spain. It was beautifully done and showed the excruciating manual work the serfs did back in those days.
 
Rossana said:
It does fascinate me as well.
Have you seen "The Cathedral of The Sea"?
It was presented as a series on Netflix. It is inspired from the historical book. It is the story of a serf than gained freedom by working as a cathedral's stone worker in 14th century Spain. It was beautifully done and showed the excruciating manual work the serfs did back in those days.
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@Rossana , no I didn't see it. I don't have Netflix, but I'll check around other sites for it. Thanks!
 
chic said:
Churches have so much money.
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Yes, usually impressed about how most churches keep up their property including how clean most are. I guess alot of their money is use it or lose it money. Being a non profit they are supposed to dump it back into the parish and property.

In this case there was probably help especially over the last century on maintaining it. Might be an historical or government organization that help fund the maintenance of Norte Dame especially being a tourist attraction.

Who was funding or wanted the renovation when the fire took place several years ago? A church group, France, Paris?
 
WhatInThe said:
Yes, usually impressed about how most churches keep up their property including how clean most are. I guess alot of their money is use it or lose it money. Being a non profit they are supposed to dump it back into the parish and property.

In this case there was probably help especially over the last century on maintaining it. Might be an historical or government organization that help fund the maintenance of Norte Dame especially being a tourist attraction.

Who was funding or wanted the renovation when the fire took place several years ago? A church group, France, Paris?
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It's a huge tourist attraction, so the government probably had a hand in it. Or maybe just private donations.
 
I saw the news about it reopening to the public, but
the cost was eye watering, £600 Million, that is many
times more than the original price, I think.

Mike.
 
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RadishRose said:
Can you imagine tho', how these places began as light, clean and radiant? That was what the people of those times enjoyed and considered usual.

It was only after a century or eight, that those generations knew the interiors as dark, covered with dirt and pollution and considered this darkness the norm.

This all just fascinates me.
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I've been there a few times and loved it. Having it lit better is great though the something about the darkness seemed to better represent the history of all those earlier generations passing through.

We visited cathedrals and churches in France, England and Italy but sadly never went to Spain, especially Barcelona. Have you been to La Familia there? I may just endure the discomfort of travel again to see that and other Gaudi landmarks.
 
MarkD said:
something about the darkness seemed to better represent the history of all those earlier generations passing through.
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I see what you mean now that I think about it.

As for Spain, I've never been there, but Gaudi's architecture is fascinating and I consider it beautiful.
 

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