One piece of good news in recent days has been the announcement by the church authorities in Paris that they are abandoning the highly controversial ideas that had been proposed for the new scheme for the interior of Notre Dame following the 2019 fire.
Instead they have decided upon a more conservative plan that reflects the historic arrangement of French medieval cathedrals. In addition there are plans for a major new reliquary for the Crown of Thorns acquired by St Louis in the mid-thirteenth century. Together with the already announced plans to recreate Viollet-Le-Duc’s flèche over the crossing it means that the restored cathedral will remain faithful to its builders’ intentions.
The Daily Telegraph website reports on the new plans and on reaction to them as well as the progress being made with the restoration of the main fabric in Notre-Dame shelves ‘politically correct’ restoration after backlash
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