Jérémie Patrier-Leitus, in charge of the conservation and restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, answers the children’s questions.
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The diocese of Paris presents Thursday, December 9 its planning project for the interior of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral to the National Commission for Heritage and Architecture. The opportunity for the children of franceinfo junior to wonder where the work is at Notre-Dame?
Jérémie Patrier-Leitus, director of communication, development and cultural programming for the public establishment responsible for the conservation and restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, is the guest of this column and he responds to pupils of CM2 classes at the Picpus elementary school of application in Paris.
Marguerite, 10, asks this first question, “Are they going to rebuild as before or are they going to change things on the outside and on the inside?” In addition, she would like to know “If all the people who have given a donation of money all want Notre-Dame to be modernized or on the contrary, that it be redone as before?”
“When I saw the cathedral burn down, it made me feel weird! Are there any paintings that survived the Notre-Dame fire?
10-year-old Maryam wonders, “Edo we now know why Notre-Dame burned down? Will the work be finished soon? and do we know when Notre-Dame will reopen? “.
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