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FRANCE -PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - AUTUMN 2024 - INTERIOR: CROSS VAULT OF THE TRANSEPT Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS CATHEDRAL WORKSITE - WINTER 2022-2023: TRANSPORT (VIA THE LARGE TOWER CRANE) OF SCAFFOLDING ELEMENTS AT THE TOP OF THE NORTH TRANSEPT, THE STONE ELEMENTS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR RESTORATION, OR REPLACED IF TOO BADLY DAMAGED (BY THE FALLING ARROW OR BY THE WATER SPILT BY THE FIRE BRIGADE DURING THE FIRE). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE: SCULPTURE RESTORER NATHALIE PRUHA IS CLEANING AND RESTORING THE PIETA, A SCULPTURE EXECUTED IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BY NICOLAS COUSTOU TO SATISFY THE WISH OF LOUIS XIII. THE VIRGIN TURNS HER DISTRESSED FACE TOWARDS HEAVEN AND OPENS HER ARMS IN A SIGN OF ACCEPTANCE AND OFFERING. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - WINTER 2023-2024 - ASSEMBLY OF A GARGOYLE ON THE GABLE OF THE SOUTH TRANSEPT BY WORKERS FROM THE VALMOREL COMPANY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE (10 MARCH 2021) : TEAMS FROM LE BRAS FRERES HAVE BEGUN INSTALLING THE WOODEN HALF-ARCHES THAT WILL SUPPORT THE VAULTS OF THE CATHEDRAL'S CHOIR. THESE FIFTY-TWO PIECES, EACH ALMOST EIGHT METRES LONG AND WEIGHING 800 KILOS, HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND ASSEMBLED TO MEASURE FOR EACH VAULT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE.PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - AUTUMN 2024 - CATHEDRAL INTERIOR, ALTAR AND CHOIR Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE -14 NOVEMBER: ON THE FORECOURT, A CEREMONY IN HONOUR OF THE RETURN OF THE STATUE OF NOTRE DAME DE PARIS (VIRGIN OF THE PILLAR) TO ITS ORIGINAL PLACE IN THE CATHEDRAL. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - AUTUMN 2024: AT THE MUSEE DE CLUNY (MUSEE NATIONAL DU MOYEN-AGE), INAUGURATION OF THE ?MAKING STONES SPEAK? EXHIBITION, ON THE CATHEDRAL'S MEDIEVAL SCULPTURES AND THE REMAINS OF THE MEDIEVAL JUBE, DISCOVERED UNDER THE TRANSEPT CROSSING IN 2022 Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - AUTUMN 2024 - ST GERMAIN L'AUXERROIS CHURCH - RESTORATION OF THE STATUE OF NOTRE DAME DE PARIS (PILLAR VIRGIN), HERE WITH RESTORER NATHALIE PRUHA. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - 10 MARCH 2021 : TEAMS FROM LE BRAS FRERES BEGIN INSTALLING THE WOODEN HALF-ARCHES THAT WILL SUPPORT THE VAULTS OF THE CATHEDRAL'S CHOIR. THESE FIFTY-TWO PIECES (ALMOST EIGHT METRES LONG AND WEIGHING MORE THAN 800 KILOS) HAVE BEEN CUSTOM-DESIGNED AND ASSEMBLED FOR EACH VAULT, AS HAVE THE METAL PARTS THAT HOLD THEM TOGETHER. THE WORK WAS CARRIED OUT ON SCAFFOLDING ERECTED BY EUROPE ECHAFAUDAGE. PLACED ONE BY ONE BY CRANE AT A HEIGHT OF 30 METRES, THE HALF-ARCHES ARE THEN TRANSPORTED THROUGH THE HIGH GLASS ROOFS OF THE CHOIR. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS CATHEDRAL WORKSITE - 14 NOVEMBER - ST GERMAIN L'AUXERROIS CHURCH: THE MEN FROM THE BOVIS COMPANY ARE MOVING AND CRATING THE STATUE OF NOTRE DAME DE PARIS (THE VIRGIN ON THE PILLAR) SO THAT IT CAN BE RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION IN THE CATHEDRAL. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE -13 NOVEMBER 2024. ST GERMAIN L'AUXERROIS CHURCH - RESTORATION OF THE STATUE OF NOTRE DAME DE PARIS (PILLAR VIRGIN), HERE WITH RESTORER XAVIER LLERANA. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. SEINE-SAINT-DENIS (93) MONTREUIL. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - ATELIER GALLI: RESTORATION OF LITURGICAL VESTMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE TREASURY, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY NAPOLEON 1ST, NAPOLEON III, CHARLES X AND LOUIS PHILIPPE. AS WELL AS A FRAGMENT OF THE CAPE WORN BY NAPOLEON 1ST ON THE DAY OF HIS CORONATION IN 1804 AND THE VESTMENT WORN BY POPE POPE VII ON THE SAME DAY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE. AERIAL VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. IN THE FOREGROUND, THE REBUILT SPIRE, SURMOUNTED BY THE NEW COCKEREL DESIGNED BY FRENCH ARCHITECT PHILIPPE VILLENEUVE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. SEINE-SAINT-DENIS (93) MONTREUIL. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - ATELIER GALLI: RESTORATION OF LITURGICAL VESTMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE TREASURY, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY NAPOLEON 1ST, NAPOLEON III, CHARLES X AND LOUIS PHILIPPE. AS WELL AS A FRAGMENT OF THE CAPE WORN BY NAPOLEON 1ST ON THE DAY OF HIS CORONATION IN 1804 AND THE VESTMENT WORN BY POPE POPE VII ON THE SAME DAY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAL-DE-MARNE (94) VILLEJUIF. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE. THE WORKSHOP OF RESTORER NATHALIE PRUHA, WHERE OBJECTS AND STATUES DESTINED FOR THE TREASURY ARE RESTORED. HERE, THE STATUE OF SAINT CLOTILDE. HER CLOAK IS STREWN WITH FLEURS-DE-LIS TO REMIND US THAT SHE WAS THE WIFE OF CLOVIS, THE FIRST KING OF FRANCE, AND THE ARCHITECT OF HIS CONVERSION. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. SEINE-SAINT-DENIS (93) MONTREUIL. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - ATELIER GALLI: RESTORATION OF LITURGICAL VESTMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE TREASURY, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY NAPOLEON 1ST, NAPOLEON III, CHARLES X AND LOUIS PHILIPPE. AS WELL AS A FRAGMENT OF THE CAPE WORN BY NAPOLEON 1ST ON THE DAY OF HIS CORONATION IN 1804 AND THE VESTMENT WORN BY POPE POPE VII ON THE SAME DAY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. SEINE-SAINT-DENIS (93) MONTREUIL. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - ATELIER GALLI: RESTORATION OF LITURGICAL VESTMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE TREASURY, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY NAPOLEON 1ST, NAPOLEON III, CHARLES X AND LOUIS PHILIPPE. AS WELL AS A FRAGMENT OF THE CAPE WORN BY NAPOLEON 1ST ON THE DAY OF HIS CORONATION IN 1804 AND THE VESTMENT WORN BY POPE POPE VII ON THE SAME DAY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS CATHEDRAL WORKSITE - SUMMER 2024: THE CHIMERAS AND GARGOYLES BETWEEN THE TWO BELFRIES. SOME HAVE SIMPLY BEEN RESTORED, OTHERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REBUILT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE; AERIAL VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. IN THE FOREGROUND, THE REBUILT ARROW SURMOUNTED BY THE NEW COCKEREL DESIGNED BY PHILIPPE VILLENEUVE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE. AERIAL VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. IN THE FOREGROUND, THE REBUILT SPIRE, SURMOUNTED BY THE NEW COCKEREL DESIGNED BY FRENCH ARCHITECT PHILIPPE VILLENEUVE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAL DE MARNE (94) VILLEJUIF. NATHALIE PRUHA'S WORKSHOP. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE. RESTORATION OF STONE OBJECTS AND STATUES DESTINED FOR THE TREASURY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE; AERIAL VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. IN THE FOREGROUND, THE REBUILT ARROW SURMOUNTED BY THE NEW COCKEREL DESIGNED BY PHILIPPE VILLENEUVE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE (6 MARCH 2024): THE STATUE OF CHRIST IN THE SOUTH TRANSEPT Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE (6 MARCH 2024) : ASSEMBLY OF A GARGOYLE ON THE SOUTH-WEST GABLE OF THE SOUTH TRANSEPT, BY WORKERS FROM THE VALMOREL COMPANY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE (6 MARCH 2024): THE STATUE OF CHRIST IN THE SOUTH TRANSEPT Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAL-DE-MARNE (94) VILLEJUIF. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE. NATHALIE PRUHA'S WORKSHOP. RESTORATION OF STONE OBJECTS AND STATUES DESTINED FOR THE TREASURY. THE RESTORER ASSESSES THE CONDITION OF A STATUE OF SAINT CLOTILDE. HER CLOAK IS STREWN WITH FLEURS-DE-LIS TO REMIND US THAT SHE WAS THE WIFE OF CLOVIS, THE FIRST KING OF FRANCE, AND THE ARCHITECT OF HIS CONVERSION. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAL DE MARNE (94) CHEVILLY LARUE.ATELIER TOLLIS. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE; RESTORATION OF THE STATUE OF THE ANGEL MUSICIAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE LAST JUDGEMENT. BEFORE IT WAS INSTALLED ON THE ROOF OF NOTRE DAME, AT THE TOP OF THE WEST GABLE. THE STATUE HAD BEEN WEAKENED BY THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE AND WAS COMPLETELY RESCULPTED AT THE TOLLIS WORKSHOP. SCULPTOR DIDIER MATTARD, IN ACTION, WHOSE QUALITY AND SPEED OF EXECUTION ARE IMPRESSIVE. ON THE LEFT, THE DEFINITIVE SCULPTURE AND ON THE RIGHT, THE 2ND GENERATION SCULPTURE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAL DE MARNE (94) CHEVILLY LARUE.ATELIER TOLLIS. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE; RESTORATION OF THE STATUE OF THE ANGEL MUSICIAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE LAST JUDGEMENT. BEFORE IT WAS INSTALLED ON THE ROOF OF NOTRE DAME, AT THE TOP OF THE WEST GABLE. THE STATUE HAD BEEN WEAKENED BY THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE AND WAS COMPLETELY RESCULPTED AT THE TOLLIS WORKSHOP. SCULPTOR DIDIER MATTARD, IN ACTION, WHOSE QUALITY AND SPEED OF EXECUTION ARE IMPRESSIVE. ON THE LEFT, THE DEFINITIVE SCULPTURE AND ON THE RIGHT, THE 2ND GENERATION SCULPTURE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE (6 MARCH 2024) : ASSEMBLY OF A GARGOYLE ON THE SOUTH-WEST GABLE OF THE SOUTH TRANSEPT, BY WORKERS FROM THE VALMOREL COMPANY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAL DE MARNE (94) CHEVILLY LARUE.ATELIER TOLLIS. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE; RESTORATION OF THE STATUE OF THE ANGEL MUSICIAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE LAST JUDGEMENT. BEFORE IT WAS INSTALLED ON THE ROOF OF NOTRE DAME, AT THE TOP OF THE WEST GABLE. THE STATUE HAD BEEN WEAKENED BY THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE AND WAS COMPLETELY RESCULPTED AT THE TOLLIS WORKSHOP. SCULPTOR DIDIER MATTARD, IN ACTION, WHOSE QUALITY AND SPEED OF EXECUTION ARE IMPRESSIVE. ON THE LEFT, THE DEFINITIVE SCULPTURE AND ON THE RIGHT, THE 2ND GENERATION SCULPTURE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - SPRING 2024: A ROPE ACCESS TECHNICIAN AT WORK ON THE ARROW. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE (6 MARCH 2024) : ASSEMBLY OF A GARGOYLE ON THE SOUTH-WEST GABLE OF THE SOUTH TRANSEPT, BY WORKERS FROM THE VALMOREL COMPANY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE (6 MARCH 2024) : ASSEMBLY OF A GARGOYLE ON THE SOUTH-WEST GABLE OF THE SOUTH TRANSEPT, BY WORKERS FROM THE VALMOREL COMPANY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE (6 MARCH 2024) : ASSEMBLY OF A GARGOYLE ON THE SOUTH-WEST GABLE OF THE SOUTH TRANSEPT, BY WORKERS FROM THE VALMOREL COMPANY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE. AERIAL VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. IN THE FOREGROUND, THE REBUILT SPIRE, SURMOUNTED BY THE NEW COCKEREL DESIGNED BY FRENCH ARCHITECT PHILIPPE VILLENEUVE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAL DE MARNE (94) VILLEJUIF. NATHALIE PRUHA'S WORKSHOP. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE. RESTORATION OF STONE OBJECTS AND STATUES DESTINED FOR THE TREASURY. SCULPTURE OF CHRIST Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS CATHEDRAL WORKSITE - WINTER 2022-2023: UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MARIE PARANT, THE MURAL AND GILDING RESTORERS ARE CLEANING THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CHOIR WALL, Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - WINTER 2023-2024: SCULPTURE RESTORER NATHALIE PRUHA IS CLEANING AND RESTORING THE PIETA, A SCULPTURE EXECUTED IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BY NICOLAS COUSTOU TO SATISFY THE WISH OF LOUIS XIII. THE VIRGIN TURNS HER DISTRESSED FACE TOWARDS HEAVEN AND OPENS HER ARMS IN A SIGN OF ACCEPTANCE AND OFFERING. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS CATHEDRAL WORKSITE - CITE DE L'ARCHITECTURE 29 JUNE 2021 : ARRIVAL OF THE LAST RESTORED SCULPTURE SURROUNDING THE CATHEDRAL'S ARROW (SAINT THOMAS IN THE GUISE OF VIOLLET LE DUC), THEN INSTALLATION IN THE DAVIOUD GALLERY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) - NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - THE WEST ROSE WINDOW FROM THE TRANSEPT CROSSING SCAFFOLDING. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE: PREVENTIVE EXCAVATIONS, LED BY INRAP FROM 2 FEBRUARY TO 8 APRIL 2022, AT THE TRANSEPT CROSSING. THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVERED POLYCHROME SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE MEDIEVAL JUBE (BUILT AROUND 1230 AND DESTROYED UNDER THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV) IN AN EXCEPTIONAL STATE OF PRESERVATION. ONCE THEY HAD BEEN CLEARED AND CLEANED, THE BLOCKS WERE LIFTED VIA THE REMOVABLE ROOF BY THE SITE'S LARGE TOWER CRANE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - 17 DECEMBER 2023: CRANING AND INSTALLATION OF THE ROOSTER AT THE TOP OF THE ARROW. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CHEVET OF THE CATHEDRAL. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - 17 DECEMBER 2023: CRANING AND INSTALLATION OF THE ROOSTER AT THE TOP OF THE ARROW. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CHEVET OF THE CATHEDRAL. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE: DELIVERY OF THE FIRST SOLID OAK TRUSSES ACROSS THE SEINE, IN THE HEART OF THE ILE DE LA CITE. ASSEMBLED IN IVRY-SUR-SEINE, THEY ARE LIFTED DIRECTLY OVER THE CATHEDRAL'S VAULTS FROM THE BARGE PARKED AT THE FOOT OF THE MONUMENT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - SUMMER 2024: IN THE NORTH BELFRY, THE MARCEL BELL (1925 KG) IS RAISED TO ITS FINAL POSITION. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - 6 MARCH 2024: DETAILS OF THE NEW ARROW. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - WINTER 2023-2024. THE STATUE OF CHRIST IN THE SOUTH TRANSEPT IN PLACE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - FEBRUARY 2022: 1ST PHASE OF CLEANING (DUST REMOVAL): VACUUMING OF LEAD DUST, HERE ON A SERIES OF CAPITALS IN THE SOUTH INTERIOR COLLATERAL OF THE NAVE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - AUTUMN 2023 - AERIAL VIEW OF THE FOUR FRAMEWORKS (NAVE, CHOIR, SOUTH TRANSEPT, NORTH TRANSEPT), ASSEMBLY OF WHICH IS ALMOST COMPLETE. IN THE CENTRE, THE SCAFFOLDING OF THE FLECHE, WHERE THE CENTRAL FRAMEWORK AND THE NEEDLE OF THE FLECHE FRAME CAN BE SEEN (VIA THE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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