Heritage: threats, denaturation, vandalism and destruction
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Notre-Dame: the work begins, the fight goes onEven dubious developers, who most often wait for the two-month period for legal challenges to expire before beginning their work, show more decency than the French President of the Republic.…
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Stained glass windows of Notre-Dame: the fight goes on!One year before the next presidential election and the departure of Emmanuel Macron, he is not refraining from any action likely to harm our heritage. The announcement of the authorization of works…
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Further details on works from French museums in Abu DhabiThe list of works belonging to French museums and currently at the Louvre Abu Dhabi is evidently classified as top secret. Four days ago, in fact, an AFP dispatch explained that “none of the French…
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Façade collapse and vandalism at Église Saint-RochThe façade of the Église Saint‑Roch had been restored in 2001, twenty-five years ago. That did not prevent a large section of cornice, on the return section to the right, from collapsing. The images…
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Franklin sells its reliefs by ZadkineUnpublished, spectacular and appealing, two large reliefs by Ossip Zadkine are about to face the heat of the auction room this Friday, at Ader Nordmann & Dominique at the Hôtel Drouot. Duly…
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Interview with Philippe Bélaval on the Bayeux Tapestry: textual analysisPhilippe Bélaval fut, parmi ses nombreuses fonctions exercées au ministère de la Culture, un bon directeur du Centre des Monuments Nationaux, et on peut le considérer comme un ami du patrimoine. Il…
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Patrick Gomont, new expert on the Bayeux TapestrySous le titre « Face à la polémique, les révélations de Patrick Gomont », La Renaissance-Le Bessin-Côte de Nacre publie une interview de ce dernier (consultable sur le site Actu.fr) à propos de la…
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The French National Assembly ignores the law on Remarkable Heritage SitesS’il y a une dissolution que nous aimerions voir actée, c’est bien celle du projet du projet de construction d’un nouveau pavillon d’accueil par l’Assemblée nationale. On sait en effet que cette…
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Bayeux Tapestry: Orwell enters the debateLast January, the prefecture of Calvados (that is, the French State) published a video on its YouTube account about the dusting of the Bayeux Tapestry. On that occasion, the museum adviser from the…
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Bayeux Tapestry: facts and fiatWhile the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry was decided by the President of the Republic and our petition has reached 60,000 signatures — which is insufficient, but nevertheless succeeded in widely…
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