An Immense Undertaking

Yesterday, when we started to explore more of Paris, we headed toward Ile de la Cite where Notre Dame is located.  The day before, we had been able to see some of the destruction after the fire on April 15th, 2019, but now we had a chance to see it fairly close up.  The entire area around the famous church has been closed off with high, metal fencing.  They have posted a sort of exposition explaining how they are going about the reconstruction and how it is coming together.  It was fascinating to read some of the information boards about it all.

Rather than retyping their contents or providing more commentary, I have simply included them as photos along with more photos from some other angles of the church as it looks right now.  One can only hope this beautiful old structure can be restored to its former glory!















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