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Bush Accepts Republican Nomination

New York, NY - September 2, 2004 -- United States President George W. Bush, left, and United States Vice President Dick Cheney, right, after the acceptance speech at the 2004 Republican Convention in Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on Thursday, September 2, 2004. In his remarks, the President spoke about where he wants to lead the United States for the next four years. .Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM.(RESTRICTION: No New York Metro or other Newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City)

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT. THE HOTEL DU LOUVRE, THE RETURN OF CHINESE TOURISTS AFTER 3 YEARS OF ABSENCE Photo by Serge Attal/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Louvre - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT. LOUVRE MUSEUM. AMERICANS TOURISTS GROUP. THE TOURISTS ARE BACK, AFTER 2 YEARS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIE Photo by Serge Attal/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Louvre - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT. LOUVRE MUSEUM. SPANISHS TOURISTS. THE TOURISTS ARE BACK, AFTER 2 YEARS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIE Photo by Serge Attal/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Sainte Chapelle - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) ILE DE LA CITE. THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE. SIX YEARS OF WORK AND 9.5 MILLION EUROS WERE INVESTED IN RESTORING THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS (COMPLETED IN 2014). THEY TELL THE STORY OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN OVER A THOUSAND HISTORIATED SCENES, IN THE STYLE OF A MONUMENTAL COMIC STRIP. BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY BY KING LOUIS IX (SAINT LOUIS) AS A RELIQUARY FOR CHRIST'S CROWN OF THORNS, THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE HOUSES THE MOST PRECIOUS RELICS OF CHRISTIANITY (INCLUDING THE CROWN OF THORNS). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Sainte Chapelle - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) ILE DE LA CITE. THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE. SIX YEARS OF WORK AND 9.5 MILLION EUROS WERE INVESTED IN RESTORING THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS (COMPLETED IN 2014). THEY TELL THE STORY OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN OVER A THOUSAND HISTORIATED SCENES, IN THE STYLE OF A MONUMENTAL COMIC STRIP. BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY BY KING LOUIS IX (SAINT LOUIS) AS A RELIQUARY FOR CHRIST'S CROWN OF THORNS, THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE HOUSES THE MOST PRECIOUS RELICS OF CHRISTIANITY (INCLUDING THE CROWN OF THORNS). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Sainte Chapelle - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) ILE DE LA CITE. THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE. SIX YEARS OF WORK AND 9.5 MILLION EUROS WERE INVESTED IN RESTORING THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS (COMPLETED IN 2014). THEY TELL THE STORY OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN OVER A THOUSAND HISTORIATED SCENES, IN THE STYLE OF A MONUMENTAL COMIC STRIP. BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY BY KING LOUIS IX (SAINT LOUIS) AS A RELIQUARY FOR CHRIST'S CROWN OF THORNS, THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE HOUSES THE MOST PRECIOUS RELICS OF CHRISTIANITY (INCLUDING THE CROWN OF THORNS). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 13TH ARR. BUOT STREET. MURAL BY STREET ARTIST JULIEN MALLAND (BETTER KNOWN UNDER THE PSEUDONYM OF SETH) SYMBOLIZING THE COURAGE OF UKRAINIANS IN THE FACE OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION. "FOR MY UKRAINIAN FRIENDS", IS THE TITLE CHOSEN FOR HIS NEW WORK: A LITTLE UKRAINIAN GIRL LEAPING BRAVELY ON RUSSIAN TANKS WHICH SHE CRUSHES WHILE CARRYING A FLAG OF HER COUNTRY<BR> SETH HAD GONE TO KIEV IN 2014. IT WAS THE DAY AFTER THE MAIDAN REVOLUTION, AND ITS FRESCO, IN THE HISTORIC HEART OF THE CITY, CELEBRATED THE NEW FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY. SEVEN YEARS LATER, HIS PARISIAN WORK IS A CRY FROM THE HEART AGAINST THE WAR, A SUPPORT FOR THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE Photo by Bruno de Hogues/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 13TH ARR. BUOT STREET. MURAL BY STREET ARTIST JULIEN MALLAND (BETTER KNOWN UNDER THE PSEUDONYM OF SETH) SYMBOLIZING THE COURAGE OF UKRAINIANS IN THE FACE OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION. "FOR MY UKRAINIAN FRIENDS", IS THE TITLE CHOSEN FOR HIS NEW WORK: A LITTLE UKRAINIAN GIRL LEAPING BRAVELY ON RUSSIAN TANKS WHICH SHE CRUSHES WHILE CARRYING A FLAG OF HER COUNTRY<BR> SETH HAD GONE TO KIEV IN 2014. IT WAS THE DAY AFTER THE MAIDAN REVOLUTION, AND ITS FRESCO, IN THE HISTORIC HEART OF THE CITY, CELEBRATED THE NEW FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY. SEVEN YEARS LATER, HIS PARISIAN WORK IS A CRY FROM THE HEART AGAINST THE WAR, A SUPPORT FOR THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE Photo by Bruno de Hogues/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 8 DECEMBER 2024 - REOPENING OF THE BUILDING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK AND A TITANIC SITE, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC FIRE OF APRIL 2019. FIRST MASS CELEBRATED BY MGR LAURENT ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 8 DECEMBER 2024 - REOPENING OF THE BUILDING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK AND A TITANIC SITE, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC FIRE OF APRIL 2019 Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE - PARIS (75) - CATHEDRAL NOTRE DAME DE PARIS : AT THE HEIGHT OF THE GALLERY OF KINGS, ABOVE THE THREE PORTALS OF THE WEST FACADE. THE 28 STATUES ARE THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL, THE ANCESTORS OF CHRIST. IN 1870, A REVOLT OF THE COMMUNE DE PARIS, TAKING THEM TO THE KINGS OF FRANCE, BEHEADED ON THE FORECOURT. BUT VIOLLET LE DUC REMADE THE STATUES A FEW YEARS LATER, NOT WITHOUT TAKING SOME LIBERTIES WITH THE ORIGINAL. ALTITUDE 19 METERS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 8 DECEMBER 2024 - REOPENING OF THE BUILDING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK AND A TITANIC SITE, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC FIRE OF APRIL 2019. FIRST MASS CELEBRATED BY MGR LAURENT ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 8 DECEMBER 2024 - REOPENING OF THE BUILDING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK AND A TITANIC SITE, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC FIRE OF APRIL 2019. FIRST MASS CELEBRATED BY MGR LAURENT ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL. ABOVE, THE GREAT GALLERY OF CHIMERAS AND GARGOYLES, WHICH LINKS THE BASE OF THE TOWERS. BUILT 150 YEARS AGO, THIS FRIGHTENING BESTIARY, THE BRAINCHILD OF ARCHITECT VIOLLET LE DUC, IS NOW AN INTEGRAL PART OF NOTRE DAME'S IMAGE. HERE, THE FAMOUS STRYGE OF THE NORTH TOWER. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 8 DECEMBER 2024 - REOPENING OF THE BUILDING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK AND A TITANIC SITE, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC FIRE OF APRIL 2019. FIRST MASS CELEBRATED BY MGR LAURENT ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 8 DECEMBER 2024 - REOPENING OF THE BUILDING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK AND A TITANIC SITE, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC FIRE OF APRIL 2019. FIRST MASS CELEBRATED BY MGR LAURENT ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 8 DECEMBER 2024 - REOPENING OF THE BUILDING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK AND A TITANIC SITE, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC FIRE OF APRIL 2019. FIRST MASS CELEBRATED BY MGR LAURENT ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, ON THE EVE OF REOPENING AFTER 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. THE NAVE FROM THE EAST Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 8 DECEMBER 2024 - REOPENING OF THE BUILDING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK AND A TITANIC SITE, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC FIRE OF APRIL 2019. FIRST MASS CELEBRATED BY MGR LAURENT ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - 8 DECEMBER 2024. AFTER MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION, THE FIRST MASS CONSECRATED BY MONSIGNOR ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 8 DECEMBER 2024 - REOPENING OF THE BUILDING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK AND A TITANIC PROJECT, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC FIRE IN APRIL 2019. FIRST MASS CELEBRATED BY MGR LAURENT ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 13 DECEMBER: AFTER AN ABSENCE OF MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, THE CROWDS TURNED OUT IN FORCE TO WITNESS THE RETURN OF THE CROWN OF THORNS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - 8 DECEMBER 2024. AFTER MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION, THE FIRST MASS CONSECRATED BY MONSIGNOR ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 13 DECEMBER 2024: AFTER MORE THAN FIVE YEARS IN THE LOUVRE MUSEUM, THE CROWN OF THORNS RETURNS TO THE CATHEDRAL, ESCORTED BY THE KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE. THE HOLY CROWN IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST PRECIOUS AND VENEREAL OF THE RELICS CONSERVED AT NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - 8 DECEMBER 2024. AFTER MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION, THE FIRST MASS CONSECRATED BY MONSIGNOR ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - 8 DECEMBER 2024. AFTER MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION, THE FIRST MASS CONSECRATED BY MONSIGNOR ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - 8 DECEMBER 2024. AFTER MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION, THE FIRST MASS CONSECRATED BY MONSIGNOR ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - 8 DECEMBER 2024. AFTER MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION, THE FIRST MASS CONSECRATED BY MONSIGNOR ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOVEMBER 2024. CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - ON THE EVE OF THE CATHEDRAL'S REOPENING, AFTER 5 YEARS ON SITE, CLEANING OF THE TILES IN THE CHOIR OF THE BUILDING Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - 8 DECEMBER 2024. AFTER MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION, THE FIRST MASS CONSECRATED BY MONSIGNOR ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL. ON THE EVE OF REOPENING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. THE CROSS VAULT OF THE TRANSEPT Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 8 DECEMBER 2024 - REOPENING OF THE BUILDING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF TITANIC WORK, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC FIRE OF APRIL 2019. FIRST MASS CELEBRATED BY MGR LAURENT ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, ON THE EVE OF REOPENING AFTER 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. THE NAVE FROM THE EAST Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, ON THE EVE OF REOPENING AFTER 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. THE NAVE FROM THE EAST Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) LA CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME - 13 DECEMBER 2024: AFTER MORE THAN FIVE YEARS IN THE LOUVRE MUSEUM, THE CROWN OF THORNS RETURNS TO THE CATHEDRAL. WELCOMING CEREMONY WITH MONSIGNOR ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS. THE HOLY CROWN IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST PRECIOUS AND VENEREAL OF THE RELICS KEPT AT NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, ON THE EVE OF REOPENING AFTER 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. NAVE FROM THE CENTRE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS CATHEDRAL. AFTER 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. CHAPELS IN THE SOUTH AMBULATORY OF THE CHOIR: CHAPELLE SAINT GEORGES Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOVEMBER 2024. THE GREAT ORGAN ON THE EVE OF THE REOPENING OF NOTRE DAME DE PARIS CATHEDRAL, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, ON THE EVE OF REOPENING AFTER 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. THE NAVE FROM THE WEST Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, ON THE EVE OF REOPENING AFTER 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. NAVE AND BAPTISTERY Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, ON THE EVE OF REOPENING AFTER 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. NAVE AND BAPTISTERY Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, ON THE EVE OF REOPENING AFTER 5 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. NAVE AND BAPTISTERY Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOVEMBER 2024. THE GREAT ORGAN ON THE EVE OF THE REOPENING OF THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME DE PARIS, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - AUTUMN 2024 - AFTER MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, THE CROWN OF THORNS RETURNS. THE CROWN IS INSTALLED IN THE NEW RELIQUARY CASKET DESIGNED BY SYLVAIN DUBUISSON. THE HOLY CROWN IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST PRECIOUS AND MOST VENEREAL OF THE RELICS CONSERVED AT NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS: IT BEARS WITNESS TO MORE THAN SIXTEEN CENTURIES OF FERVENT PRAYER BY THE CHRETIENTE. IT CONSISTS OF A CIRCLE OF RUSHES BUNDLED TOGETHER AND HELD TOGETHER BY GOLD THREADS, 21 CENTIMETRES IN DIAMETER, ON WHICH THE THORNS WERE PLACED. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 8 DECEMBER 2024 - REOPENING OF THE BUILDING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK AND A TITANIC SITE, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC FIRE OF APRIL 2019. FIRST MASS CELEBRATED BY MGR LAURENT ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 8 DECEMBER 2024 - REOPENING OF THE BUILDING, AFTER 5 YEARS OF WORK AND A TITANIC SITE, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC FIRE OF APRIL 2019. FIRST MASS CELEBRATED BY MGR LAURENT ULRICH, ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 1 ? ARRDT. THE GRAND MAGASIN LA SAMARITAINE, BY LOUIS VUITTON, REOPENS AFTER 16 YEARS OF CLOSURE AND REHABILITATION Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 7EME ARRONDISSEMENT. EIFFEL TOWER : LUMINOUS SCENOGRAPHY OF THE EIFFEL TOWER TO CELEBRATE 160 YEARS OF FRANCO-JAPANESE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, AS PART OF "JAPONISMES 2018" (CREATION: MOTOKO ISHII LIGHTING DESIGN) Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. PARIS (75) ILE DE LA CITE. THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE. SIX YEARS OF WORK AND 9.5 MILLION EUROS WERE INVESTED IN RESTORING THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS (COMPLETED IN 2014). THEY TELL THE STORY OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN OVER A THOUSAND HISTORIATED SCENES, IN THE STYLE OF A MONUMENTAL COMIC STRIP. BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY BY KING LOUIS IX (SAINT LOUIS) AS A RELIQUARY FOR CHRIST'S CROWN OF THORNS, THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE HOUSES THE MOST PRECIOUS RELICS OF CHRISTIANITY (INCLUDING THE CROWN OF THORNS). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM