"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

18 April 2019

Reconstruction.


The president says it must be rebuilt more beautiful than before. What an arrogant man. And he says you must do it five years. It's impossible. When you begin such work, you can't tell it would be five, six, seven years. You don't know. And you must take the time, or you will do it badly.

Didier Ryner

For nearly nine centuries, Notre-Dame has stood at the epicenter of Paris, capital of France.The blaze struck much more than a place of worship. How much do you invest in a national treasure, that's owned not by the church but by the state. Who pays for the renovation; taxpayers, philanthropists, fund drives? What kind of renovation? Can the project meet that five-year deadline set by France's president? Our panel discusses the questions surrounding the reconstruction of Notre-Dame ...

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