PARIS (Reuters) – A year on from the inferno that gutted Notre-Dame de Paris and stunned the world, the cathedral’s fantastic bell will ring out on Wednesday night, as a mark of the structure’s strength and that of the medics fighting France’s coronavirus epidemic.
French Army General Jean-Louis Georgelin, in charge of Notre-Dame Cathedral reconstruction, remains at range to address reporters concerns in Paris, France, April 14,2020 REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
The bourdon bell has sounded just as soon as since April 15, 2019, when the blaze broke out that consumed the spire and the roof and, authorities say, came within half an hour of burning the 850- year-old cathedral to the groun