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Notre-Dame stained glass windows: a budget of €3 to 4 millionWill the replacement of Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows at Notre-Dame cost 3 million euros, as Michel Guerrin revealed in an article in Le Monde published last Friday? Or is the total…
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Fontaine Saint-Michel: highly lucrative advertisingThe system is perverse, and we have denounced it on many occasions: advertising on historic monuments in France, which is usually prohibited, was authorised in 2007 on condition that it was…
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« Rocher Mistral », heritage and parasolIn an opinion piece recently published in Figarovox, Vianney-Marie Audemard d’Alançon, chairman of SAS Rocher Mistral and unsuccessful creator of an amusement park at the classified Château de La…
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Notre-Dame: the untruths of Archbishop UlrichCan you be an archbishop and lie? Clearly, yes, as Archbishop Laurent Ulrich has just demonstrated in an interview given to the newspaper Paris Notre-Dame, which distributes the good word of...…
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A review of the eight months of Rachida Dati’s tenure as Minister of CultureRachida Dati has been reappointed Minister of Culture. Although, as usual, we welcomed her appointment (see article), we have subsequently been critical of many of her actions, foremost among…
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Bercy protects the sell-off of châteauxIt may be a politically uncertain time in France, but there is no denying the need to make savings. Antoine Armand, the new Minister for the Economy and Finance, and Laurent Saint-Martin, the new…
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The garden of the former La Rochefoucauld hospital open for Heritage DaysThe Heritage Days will be an opportunity for Parisians to visit the chapel of the Institut national des jeunes aveugles (recommended by us), but also to visit the site of the former La…
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The poet and the rood screenYesterday, Wednesday, The French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) organised a press conference to give an update on the discoveries at Notre-Dame. La Tribune de…
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Don’t blame me, blame himIn view of the success of the petition for the conservation of Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows, which has risen sharply in recent days and will certainly reach 200,000 signatories before…
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Henri Lehmann’s decoration at the Institut National des Jeunes AveuglesParis is full of little-known artistic wonders. The chapel of the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles, with its decoration by Henri Lehmann, is one of them. A word about the institution, first…
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Notre-Dame stained glass windows: let’s help Sites & Monuments take the fight to the courtsIgnorant complètement l’avis de la Commission nationale du patrimoine et de l’architecture, s’asseyant sur les souhaits des donateurs de Notre-Dame de voir la cathédrale restaurée à l’identique et…
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Anne Hidalgo, the Lady of the RingsIt’s exhausting. There are few months, or even weeks, when Anne Hidalgo doesn’t take a decision that is harmful to our heritage and to Paris. Without any real opposition from the State or the…
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The Louvre Colonnade: an enchanted interludeYou have to see it to believe it. For the first time in at least twenty years, if not more, the Louvre colonnade, that masterpiece of classical architecture attributed to Claude Perrault - but in…
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A Michel Dorigny decoration at Port-Marly town hallLes décors peints du XVIIe siècle français conservés sont suffisamment rares pour ne pas signaler tous ceux que l’on peut encore voir, notamment lorsqu’ils sont conservés dans des bâtiments…
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The ‘ephemeral’ Grand Palais must goNever, of course, should the Ministry of Culture or Paris City Council have agreed to the installation of the ‘ephemeral’ Grand Palais in front of the École Militaire, a building by Gabriel, one of…
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The crown of light, a new scandal at Notre-Dame de ParisAn article published three days ago in La Tribune, written by Philippe D’Indevillers, tells us that the chief architect of historic monuments, Philippe Villeneuve, regrets that ‘the archbishop of…
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La Barben and the Champ-de-Mars, same battlesOne is in the countryside, in Provence, the other in Paris. But the threats facing the area around the Château de La Barben and the Champ-de-Mars, both of which are in the vicinity of historic…
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The Ministry of Culture indifferent to the fate of the Maison Marrou in RouenL’une des principales missions du ministère de la Culture consiste à protéger le patrimoine. Il est donc inacceptable que celui-ci, régulièrement, refuse de protéger les monuments historiques…
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Stained glass windows at Notre-Dame: Emmanuel Macron’s obstinacyThe French President of the Republic was not happy when he learned of the CNPA’s decision to vote against the project to replace Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows with contemporary ones. He…
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Notre-Dame: Rachida Dati ignores the opinion of the CNPAAs we always do with new arrivals at the Ministry of Culture, we welcomed the appointment of Rachida Dati, hoping that she would bring about a change in the practices of the Ministry, especially…
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The recommendations of the Commission for the rehabilitation of La ConcordeContrary to what some may have understood, the commission set up by Paris City Hall to make recommendations on the rehabilitation of the Place de la Concorde did not give it a blank check. The…
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Strange support for Rocher-Mistral from the Prefect of Bouches-du-RhôneThe Administrative Court of Aix-en-Provence has rejected the appeal lodged by the Prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône, who is also the Prefect of the PACA region. The Prefect wanted to open up a road for…
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Le duel de La Tribune de l’Art n° 1 : Camille Pascal-Didier Rykner, les vitraux de la discordeCette nouvelle émission, dont la périodicité sera moins régulière que celle de «L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art», a pour objectif de débattre de manière apaisée sur des sujets polémiques, mais avec des…
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Threats against the former La Rochefoucauld hospital become clearerWe’ve known it for a long time: there’s obviously nothing to expect - except the worst - from either the APHP (the administration responsible for managing the hospitals of Pari, presided over by…
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La Barben: the Prefect supports Rocher Mistral and is overruled by the Council of StateHow far will the public authorities go to defend the indefensible in the never-ending case of the Château de La Barben transformed into an amusement park under the name of Rocher Mistral? After…
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Nancy, just like Paris...While the disappearance of Paris is becoming ever more apparent as the Olympic Games approach in the city managed (if we dare use that term) by Anne Hidalgo, the latter continues to set an…
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Impossible to escape the Olympic Games"There may be some who would like to do something else..." suggested Raymond Devos, a French comedian, in a falsely ingenuous tone in a sketch entitled "Faites l’amour, pas la guerre" ("Make love,…