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France to restore Notre-Dame Cathedral as it was before inferno
India Today | 11/07/2020 06:13 AM | Click to read full article
Church officials hope Notre-Dame will be open for mass by 2024, when Paris is due to host the Olympic Games.
The April 15, 2019 blaze gutted the Gothic landmark and major tourist attraction, destroying the spire and roof in a disaster that stunned the nation. A national heritage and architectural commission approved plans to restore the cathedral to its last "complete, coherent and known" state, including the spire.
