Notre-Dame de Paris
Cathedral in Paris
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| 2024 |
Liberty Leading the People
Actors recreated the painting during the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics at the Conciergerie, accompanied by the French version of 'Do You Hear The People Sing?' from Les Misérables.
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| 2024 | Thierry Escaich becomes a titular organist of Notre-Dame, with Thibault Fajoles appointed as assistant organist. |
| December 13 2024 | The revered Crown of Thorns relic is returned to the cathedral after reconstruction. |
| December 7 2024 | Notre-Dame Cathedral officially reopens in a grand ceremony presided over by Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, with 1,500 world leaders and dignitaries in attendance, including US President-elect Donald Trump, US First Lady Jill Biden, Prince William of Britain, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Pope Francis notably declines the invitation, choosing to attend a consistory in Rome instead. |
| November 29 2024 |
Notre-Dame fire
President Macron led a video unveiling of the reconstructed Notre-Dame Cathedral, a week before its planned reopening.
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| July 2024 | The French Commission on Architectural Monuments and Patrimony rejected Macron's proposal for contemporary windows after a public backlash and a petition signed by 140,000 people. |
| April 2024 |
Liberty Leading the People
The restored painting returned to display, with restorers discovering hidden details including the original color of the central figure's dress and a previously unnoticed boot in the lower left corner.
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| February 13 2024 |
Spire of Notre-Dame de Paris
The reconstructed spire was officially revealed to the public, completing the restoration efforts following the 2019 fire.
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| February 13 2024 |
Spire of Notre-Dame de Paris
The third spire of Notre-Dame de Paris is officially unveiled.
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| January 2024 | President Macron proposed removing six 19th-century stained glass windows in the cathedral's chapels and replacing them with contemporary designs, inviting artists to submit proposals. |
| 2023 |
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Release of 'Quasi', a satirical comedy film.
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| 2023 |
The Coronation of Napoleon
Ridley Scott's film Napoleon recreated the historical coronation scene, featuring a depiction of Jacques-Louis David sketching the event for his famous painting.
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| December 16 2023 |
Spire of Notre-Dame de Paris
The new copper rooster wind vane is placed on top of the third spire.
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| December 16 2023 | New flèche was installed, along with a new gilded rooster sculpture designed by architect Philippe Villeneuve, containing the original relics and names of two thousand reconstruction participants. |
| September 2023 |
Liberty Leading the People
Officials removed the painting from display for conservation and restoration, conducting X-ray, ultraviolet, and infrared analysis.
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| March 2023 | Archaeologists uncover thousands of metal staples in various parts of the cathedral, some dating back to the early 1160s, concluding that Notre Dame is the first known Gothic cathedral where iron was massively used to bind stones as a construction material. |
| 2022 |
Notre-Dame fire
French disaster film 'Notre-Dame on Fire' directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud was released, dramatizing the events of the Notre-Dame cathedral fire.
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| 2022 |
Notre-Dame fire
Eight workshops of master glassmakers and locksmiths across France began the process of cleaning and restoring the cathedral's stained glass windows.
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| 2022 |
Spire of Notre-Dame de Paris
Construction work begins on the third spire of Notre-Dame de Paris.
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| April 15 2022 |
Notre-Dame fire
French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Notre-Dame cathedral on the third anniversary of the fire, touring the restoration site and speaking with workers about their progress.
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| April 14 2022 | France's National Preventive Archaeological Research Institute extracts a 14th-century lead sarcophagus and examines it using an endoscopic camera, revealing the upper part of a skeleton. |
| February 2022 | Archaeological preventive dig begins between February and April, discovering several statues and tombs under the cathedral. |
| 2021 |
Liberty Leading the People
Rigoberta Bandini referenced the painting in the chorus of her song 'Ay mamá'.
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| September 2021 |
Notre-Dame fire
Donors had contributed over €840 million to the rebuilding effort of Notre-Dame cathedral by this time.
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| February 2021 | Selection of oak trees began for reconstructing the cathedral's destroyed roof and spire, with 1,000 mature trees chosen from French forests. |
| December 24 2020 | The first cathedral choir performance since the fire took place, with only eight members singing due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. A video of the event was aired just before midnight. |
| November 2020 | Completed removal of melted scaffolding and added wooden support beams to stabilize flying buttresses and other structures. |
| April 15 2020 |
Notre-Dame fire
Germany offered to restore some of the large clerestory windows of Notre-Dame with three expert tradesmen specializing in cathedral restoration, with Germany's Commissioner for Culture pledging to cover the costs.
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| April 15 2020 |
Notre-Dame fire
Investigators concluded the fire was most likely started by either a cigarette or a short circuit in the electrical system
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| April 10 2020 | Archbishop Michel Aupetit performed a Good Friday service inside the cathedral, with musicians Renaud Capuçon and actors Philippe Torreton and Judith Chemla participating, all wearing protective clothing due to lead dust. |
| February 2020 | Began removal of 250-300 tonnes of melted metal scaffolding tubes that could potentially cause further structural damage. |
| 2019 |
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Benjamin Polya's adaptation was staged by Iris Theatre at St Paul's Church in Covent Garden, London.
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| 2019 |
Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul II
Following the Notre-Dame de Paris fire, the eastern half of the parvis was closed off and used as a restoration workspace.
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| 2019 | The 1867 Collin-Wagner clock was destroyed during the Notre-Dame Cathedral fire. Shortly after, French clockmaker Jean-Baptiste Vior discovered an almost identical clock movement in storage at Sainte-Trinité Church in Paris. |
| 2019 | Rooster reliquary is found lightly damaged in the rubble after the Notre-Dame fire. |
| 2019 | Thirteen grands mays paintings suffered water damage during the Notre-Dame fire and were removed for conservation. |
| December 2019 | No Christmas Mass was held for the first time in over 200 years due to the fire damage. |
| October 2019 | French government announced the first stage of reconstruction would involve stabilizing the structure, planned to last until the end of 2020. |
| July 2019 |
Notre-Dame fire
Regional health officials raised the outdoor lead contamination guideline from 1000 micrograms/m2 to 5000 micrograms/m2 in response to environmental concerns following the Notre-Dame fire.
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| July 29 2019 | French National Assembly enacted a law requiring restoration to preserve the historic, artistic, and architectural integrity of Notre-Dame. |
| June 26 2019 |
Notre-Dame fire
Paris prosecutor's office officially announced no evidence of criminal motive was found in the Notre-Dame fire investigation
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| May 11 2019 | French National Assembly passed a law making Notre-Dame exempt from existing heritage laws, sparking debate about the restoration process. |
| May 8 2019 | A poll in Le Figaro newspaper revealed that 55% of French respondents wanted the cathedral's spire (flèche) to be rebuilt identically to the original. |
| April 25 2019 |
Notre-Dame fire
Investigators were allowed to enter the structure and began considering theories about potential fire causes, including electric bell-ringing apparatus malfunction and cigarette butts on renovation scaffolding
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| April 17 2019 |
Spire of Notre-Dame de Paris
French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced an international architecture competition to design a new spire for Notre-Dame de Paris, deciding whether to reconstruct the original design or create a new one.
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| April 16 2019 |
Notre-Dame fire
Paris prosecutor stated that there was no evidence of a deliberate act causing the Notre-Dame fire
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| April 15 2019 | By 21:45, firefighters successfully brought the fire under control. Approximately 500 firefighters battled the blaze, with one firefighter seriously injured and two police officers hurt. |
| April 15 2019 | A fire destroys a large part of the cathedral's roof and the flèche (spire). |
| April 11 2019 |
Spire of Notre-Dame de Paris
Restoration operations for the spire begin, with sixteen statues carefully removed using a crane and transported to a workshop for restoration.
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| 2018 |
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Andrew Primas translated the novel into English.
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