The 10 most striking photos of the construction site

Two rope access technicians sawing the tubes of the twisted scaffolding following the fire of April 15, 2019, in order to free the cathedral. Tedious and grueling work.

The hole in the transept crossing caused by the collapse of the spire. We can see the charred beams of the frame.

The remains of the top part of the spire extracted from the cathedral in July 2021.

On April 5, 2022, excavations undertaken by archaeologists revealed a head of Christ with closed eyes. Undoubtedly an element of the Descent from the Cross or the Entombment, which must have been represented in the center of the medieval rood screen.

The Croix Huyart quarry, in Bonneuil-en-Valois (Oise), in which the shell limestone necessary for the restoration of the building was extracted.

Cleaning the interior walls of the cathedral using latex. Once removed, this coating takes with it the dirt embedded in the stone.

The Sainte-Madeleine chapel being restored. The craftsmen glue back the flakes of paint which have arisen due to humidity.

One of the four angel heads which surround the zenithal oculus on the vault at the crossing of the transept being recut.

View from the sky of the roof framework and the spire almost completed in the fall of 2023.

The installation of the new gilded copper rooster on December 16, 2023 as a sign of completion of the reconstruction of the framework of the Notre-Dame spire.