Take part in the writing competition “Write a letter to Notre-Dame de Paris”

6 tips for writing your letter

• Contact the cathedral directly by greeting her or addressing her informally, as if you were writing to a loved one.
• Express to him what his rebirth inspires you: joy, hope, gratitude for those who saved and restored her, relief at finding her…
• Remember the night of the fire. How did you feel when its roof caught fire, its spire collapsed, and then when the fire was brought under control?
• Tell him about your first time: How old were you when you discovered it? Who took you there? What touched you that day? The light of its rose windows, the music of the organ, the smell of incense, the climb towards its towers, the sound of its bells, the face to face with its chimeras…
• Did you visit him often? To find refuge and peace there or to pray there? And if you live far from it, what place does it occupy in your memory of Paris?
• Write from your heart, share your feelings and also the scents, sounds, colors, sensations, make the heart of Notre-Dame heard, breathed, beat.