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Fragments of the rood screen at Notre-Dame finally revealedLast July, we wrote an article about "the obstruction of INRAP", which did not want to give access to the fragments of sculptures from the rood screen of the cathedral discovered during the…
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From Copenhagen to ParisThere is no end to the litany of historic monuments in France and elsewhere in Europe that have gone up in flames while work was underway to restore them. This time it’s Denmark’s turn to be hit by…
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Notre-Dame: a very intrusive choir organNotre-Dame should not be a playground for the French President of the Republic or the Archbishop of Paris. No doubt they think they have some legitimacy in the decisions they take, but they have…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 9 - 3/4/24 : Alexandre d’AndoqueIt’s been over a year since we last produced a podcast, mainly due to time constraints. We’re going to try to be more regular in future, but we prefer not to commit ourselves unless we’re sure we…
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The Beauvoisine Museum in Rouen: a ruinous and destructive projectWhen we met the new director of Rouen’s museums at a press briefing, he told us about the "vast architectural and museographic renovation project" for the two museums in the rue Beauvoisine, the…
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Three new databasesWe’ve been announcing it for a long time, but this time it’s done: our databases are being enriched, and no fewer than three new ones will be added to the existing Stella database, which lists…
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A short lesson on the protection of historic monuments, for Jean-François Martins, Director of the Eiffel Tower operating companyIt’s one thing for politicians to talk rubbish about the legislation governing historic monuments, but it’s quite another for them to be able to do so over and over again on the airwaves without…
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Classification of the Eiffel Tower: what the heritage law saysWhile Emmanuel Grégoire, the first deputy mayor of Paris, said that he was not opposed to the classification of the Eiffel Tower and was prepared to look into the matter, Anne Hidalgo stated this…
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The fontaine des Innocents restored, Goujon’s nymphs to join "a museum"The restoration of the Fontaine of the Innocents is finally coming to an end. This is good news, especially as the restoration work appears to have been carried out with great care and respect…
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The Rocher Mistral affair. False pretences and real issuesOn 13 February 2024, the Aix-en-Provence correctional court sentenced SAS Rocher Mistral (which had received over €6 million in public funding) and its chairman, Vianney-Marie Audemard d’Alançon,…
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A short lesson on the protection of historic monuments, for Emmanuel Grégoire, deputy mayor of ParisIn an excerpt widely shared on social networks, Emmanuel Grégoire is heard talking to Sud Radio about the Eiffel Tower and the request for the monument to be classified by Culture Minister Rachida…
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Budget cancellations: a new blow to France’s heritageThe Ministry of the Budget (obviously in collusion with the Élysée Palace) has just wiped €10 billion off France’s budget with the stroke of a pen, despite the fact that the budget was debated in…
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The history of architecture in mourning. Tribute to Jean-Pierre Babelon and Claude MignotIn less than a year, the history of architecture (ill. 1) has seen a series of deaths of figures who have left their mark, to varying degrees and in different circles, on this demanding…
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Many judicial and financial problems for Rocher MistralRocher Mistral and Vianney d’Alançon have just been condemned, at first instance, by the Aix-en-Provence court for unauthorised work carried out at the Château de La Barben. It is interesting to…
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Fundraising launched to restore Saint-Louis de VincennesOf course, you have to push open the door. From the street, its silhouette is austere, clad in millstone and red brick, but inside, the Saint-Louis de Vincennes church reveals admirable…
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Rachida Dati’s hot heritage issues in ParisFrance’s new Minister of Culture didn’t get off to a great start when she approved the ’relocation-reconstruction’ of the Institut Curie’s Pavillon des Sources... But while the future of this Parisian…
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Pavillon des Sources: the reassembly trick!As we like to give newcomers a chance, we’ll give Rachida Dati credit this time. She must sincerely believe that she has found the right solution to save Marie Curie’s Pavillon des Sources: move it…
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New threats to the Place de la ConcordeThe Anne Hidalgo-style transformation of the Place de la Concorde is underway! In other words, the continuation of the regular massacre to which this fully listed square is subjected by Paris…
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Madam Minister for Culture, don’t let yourself be fooled by Vianney d’AlançonIn an article posted online yesterday on the Figaro website, the director of the Rocher Mistral theme park (whose co-shareholders are the Dassault, Michelin and Montagne families) made a…
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Notre-Dame: archaeological digs sacrificed to meet deadlinesHas the Établissement public in charge of Notre-Dame, under pressure to meet the deadlines imposed by the French President, who wants the monument to reopen on 8 December 2024, vandalised precious…
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The deputy mayor of Paris confuses the Alexandre III bridge with the Concorde, and the Concorde with a fairgroundThe Place de la Concorde, considered by architectural historians to be one of the most beautiful squares in the world, has been mistreated for years, as we have regularly denounced here since…
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Fire at Château du Grand-Serquigny: another preventable tragedyThe fire that partly destroyed the Château du Grand-Serquigny in the Eure region (France) on Saturday was a tragedy. But once again, it is a tragedy that could have been avoided: all the…
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Imminent destruction of Marie Curie’s Pavillon des SourcesAt a recent meeting of the Paris City Council, Emmanuel Grégoire dared to make the following statement about the Pavillon des Sources threatened with imminent destruction: "Marie Curie never…
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The Académie des Beaux-Arts opposes the replacement of Notre-Dame’s stained glass windowsYesterday, Wednesday 20 December, the Académie des Beaux-Arts published a press release without ambiguity on the project to replace Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows in Notre-Dame. While it…
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100,000 !100,000. 100,000 people have already signed, in exactly ten days, the petition we launched on 10 December at 2.30pm against the replacement of Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows in Notre-Dame.…
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Musée de l’Œuvre de Notre-Dame: an opportunity for the Hôtel-DieuThe regrettable affair of the Viollet-le-Duc stained glass windows (sign the petition) should not detract from a remarkable decision by the French President of the Republic, which cannot be…
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Contemporary stained glass windows at Notre-Dame: it’s possible, in the north towerFrench President Emmanuel Macron and Mgr Ulrich, Archbishop of Paris, want to leave their mark on Notre-Dame cathedral by commissioning contemporary stained glass windows. While the idea of…