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Related: About this forumMacron donne son feu vert a une reconstruction a l'identique de la fleche (tower) de Notre-Dame
Le Monde avec AFP, aujourdhui à 10h34
La question dune reconstruction à lidentique de la flèche de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, détruite par les flammes en avril 2019, fait débat depuis des mois. Elle oppose les partisans dune reconstruction selon les plans détaillés laissés par larchitecte Viollet-le-Duc, et ceux souhaitant inclure « un geste architectural contemporain », comme évoqué par lexécutif peu de temps après lincendie géant.
Emmanuel Macron est désormais dans les rangs des premiers. Le chef de lEtat a acquis « la conviction » quil faut restaurer la flèche à lidentique, a annoncé lElysée jeudi 9 juillet, après une réunion de la Commission nationale du patrimoine et de larchitecture (CNPA), réunissant élus, experts et architectes du chantier.
« Le président a fait confiance aux experts et préapprouvé dans les grandes lignes le projet présenté par larchitecte en chef (Philippe Villeneuve), qui prévoit de reconstruire la flèche à lidentique », a précisé lElysée.
La nouvelle ministre de la culture, Roselyne Bachelot, avait elle estimé le matin sur France Inter « quun large consensus se dégage dans lopinion publique et [chez] les décideurs puisque, à la fin, ce sera, je pense, le président de la République qui va trancher pour la reconstruction à lidentique ».
https://www.lemonde.fr/incendie-de-notre-dame/article/2020/07/09/notre-dame-un-large-consensus-se-degage-pour-une-reconstruction-de-la-fleche-a-l-identique_6045695_5450561.html
Budi
(15,325 posts)Hmmm.
I better go translate since this sounds like an interesting read!
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This one?
I cannot imagine the task they're facing.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/0a576a73-3067-4853-9100-395864194f85
2naSalit
(93,100 posts)as I haven't bothered to keep up my French skills, I think there was a dedication sort of event with Macron and designees and architects. It seems they have announced who will embark on the project and there was talk about how to go about restoration, the long argument being, what will have to be modernized and what can be restored in more historic manner.
I think.
ucrdem
(15,720 posts)Macron backed down from his original plan to have a competition to select the best "contemporary" re-design of the tower that burned last year and gave a green light or "feu vert" to a restoration of the 19-century original, which wasn't exactly original but very familiar and beloved nonetheless
I haven't really tried to engage with French in years and now I'm a little ashamed. Fortunately a lot comes back when you actually try to read it. I should go find a French novel, that often does a lot while being entertained.
Something to do over the next 18 months of quarantine!
ucrdem
(15,720 posts)In fact I just finished Les Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir in English (it is quite a page turner once you get the hang of it!) and am going to start on the French version today. It's really absorbing!
Here's a free French version that can be borrowed and read online one hour at a time (it was 14 days until recently, c'est la vie):
https://archive.org/details/lesmandarins00beau
And here's a free English version which can also be checked out an hour at a time OR 14 days (with a waitlist):
https://archive.org/details/mandarinsnovel00beau
p.s. a DU French novel-of-the-month club might be interesting!
2naSalit
(93,100 posts)I really have to work on due to the length of time. I was only required to read three books in college, one of which was L'Étranger, Albert Camus... a classic that I read in Jr. High, in English. I read a lot of odd things that could be found in our family library, families used to have those. I was relieved to be able to choose what to read first, I chose L'Étranger because I knew the story. I think I'll do that again. Everything else will be easier after that.
I have a few reference books and a couple good dictionaries, somehow I think I've found a teachable moment. Thanks for the inspiration!
ucrdem
(15,720 posts)Bonne chance!
ucrdem
(15,720 posts)They haven't reported this particular development yet that I can find online but this tells you what the issue was and why this is welcome news to most people including me who weren't looking forward to seeing an ultra-modern solar super-tower on top of Notre Dame
Budi
(15,325 posts)I wish them safety & great success.
ucrdem
(15,720 posts)C'est un vidéo très interessant de France24, d'aujourd'hui:
ucrdem
(15,720 posts)La flèche de Viollet-le-Duc photographiée vers 1865 par Charles Marville, quand elle était toute neuve.
https://www.bilan.ch/opinions/etienne-dumont/retropedalage-la-fleche-de-notre-dame-de-paris-se-verra-restauree-a-lidentique