Inside the awe-inspiring new Notre-Dame, the pride of Paris once again
by Henry Samuel, Telegraph:
Five years after the devastating fire, the interior of the restored Gothic cathedral is a luminous joy to behold.
Radiance, grandeur and beauty. Walking through Notre-Dame’s great door and into the cathedral’s vast, vaulted interior is an awe-inspiring and humbling moment.
Even before dozens of head of state, world dignitaries and monarchs were ushered into Notre-Dame for Saturday’s great reopening ceremony, five years after the devastating fire, The Telegraph was taken on a tour of the Gothic masterpiece whose epic reconstruction at a cost of £800 million is the pride of France.
It is easy to imagine the amazement of the first worshippers 850 years ago as they stepped into an architectural jewel that has transcended the centuries as if in a time warp.
Not since then have the blond stone of its walls and soaring ceilings looked so light and airy, or the colourful stained glass so gem-like.
It is now more luminous than it had been since its last big renovation, conducted in the 19th century after Victor Hugo denounced its state of decrepitude.
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