A metal rooster has been returned to the spire of Notre Dame de Paris a metal rooster was returned to the spire of Notre Dame de Paris, where Christian shrines are kept. The footage of the installation of the symbolic element of the cathedral to a height of 96 meters was shown by French TV showed. This was reported by The Guardian, according to UNN .
The rooster returned to its place in the Paris sky this Saturday, December 16, marking another important milestone less than a year before the scheduled reopening of the cathedral
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The plans to return the metal element of architecture were reported earlier. Inside there are parts of the relics of the patron saint of Paris, St. Genevieve (approximately the fifth century) and the first bishop of the French capital, Dionysius of Paris (III century).
The chief architect decided to make a new copper bird Philippe Villeneuve. The figure was consecrated by the Archbishop of Paris, Monsignor Laurent.
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The metal rooster was installed at the end of the XIX century, when the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was rebuilding the spire of the cathedral, which had been demolished during the French Revolution.
Notre Dame de Paris has been one of the symbols of Paris for centuries. of the symbols of Paris. The building in the Gothic architectural style was included in the list of of historical monuments of the world. The foundation stone was laid in 1163 under Louis VII. In 2013, Notre Dame Cathedral celebrated its 850th anniversary.