Paris: Taking forward the vow of French President Emmanuel Macron to rejuvenate Notre Dame Cathedral, French government on Wednesday, announced it would invite architects from around the world to submit designs for replacing the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Prime Minister of France, Edouard Philippe said, “The contest will decide whether the cathedral should have a new spire at all and if so, whether it should be identical to the fallen 19th-century model or be a wholly new design.” The cathedral on Monday was in flames wherein the spire completely crumbled down.
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Philippe also said, “The international contest will settle the question of whether we should build a new spire, whether we should rebuild the spire that was designed and built by (Eugene) Viollet-Le-Duc, in identical fashion or whether we should endow Notre-Dame cathedral with a new spire adapted to the techniques and the challenges of our era.”
Macron had guaranteed to restore the historic monument, the real star of Victor Hugo's "Hunchback of Notre Dame" by 2024 when France hosts the summer Olympics.