On April 15, 2019, a fire broke out in the attic and completely consumed the timber roof and spire. The cathedral had not had any major repairs since the mid-1800s, so the group launched an international campaign to raise the $135 million needed for those essential renovations - augmented by a $45 million budget from the French government. The organization was established in 2017 to help cover the cost of repairing damages caused by time, pollution and the use of inferior stone used in construction of the 12th-century Gothic landmark. Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris April 15, 2021
Funds can also go toward the cathedral’s restoration as a whole if the person prefers.Įvery piece of #NotreDameDeParis tells a #story, and you can help us complete the #puzzle /M1wQ0mk8X0 Donors can engage with the objects of their choosing and select which they’d like to help restore, whether it is a painting or statue. On April 15, Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris unveiled an interactive website - that allows people to donate by adopting or sponsoring pieces of precious art and artifacts that were damaged in a 2019 fire. "The traditional carpenters had a lot of that in their head - they had sketches," says Henrikson.A novel fundraising approach to restore one of the most iconic monuments in the world, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, enables donors to have a piece of history. It's fascinating to, you know, when I'm here cutting joinery, you know, swinging my mallet against a chisel, just think about there were medieval carpenters cutting this basically the same joint 900 years ago."Īrtisans are using some modern technology to speed up reconstruction, including computer images to ensure their hand-chiseled beams fit together perfectly. Henrikson says, "It's a little mind-bending sometimes. While it would be faster to use power tools, workers say doing it by hand pays tribute to the craftsmanship of the cathedral's original builders. "I think it's amazing that people in 1100 could do all this," he says. They're getting help from timber framer Peter Henrikson from Grand Marais, Minnesota, who says it feels like a trip back in time as he uses some of the same tools and techniques of his medieval predecessors. Four years in, architects are celebrating a huge step toward restoration as they raise the first portion of a massive oak framework in a workshop in western France.
When flames engulfed Notre Dame in 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to resurrect the iconic cathedral within five years. A devastating fire tore through the roof four years ago.
A carpenter from Minnesota is using his woodworking skills to help rebuild the famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
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