Further update on Notre Dame Cathedral

[mspath]

A special tv emission
with President Macron at Notre Dame Cathedral will be broadcast live world-wide beginning at 09:30 local Paris time this Friday November 29, 2024.

 

[bullingtonce]

A special tv emission
with President Macron at Notre Dame Cathedral will be broadcast live world-wide beginning at 09:30 local Paris time this Friday November 29, 2024.

Thank you for taking the time to post such a good and in-depth report.

 

[Kathor1]

A special tv emission
with President Macron at Notre Dame Cathedral will be broadcast live world-wide beginning at 09:30 local Paris time this Friday November 29, 2024.

Thank you, @mspath, to alert us to yesterday's TV broadcast.

I missed the live transmission but watched the recording on YouTube. The inside of Notre Dame looks fabulous. And the president's group had it all to themselves with the archbishop and another person as guides. The new modern reliquary for Louis IX's precious relic, the Crown of Thorns, looks splendid. The relic was not yet on display. I wonder whether it will be on display all the time in future or only on special occasions as in the past. It made me smile when the archbishop explained that there are no thorns left - all of them have been given as gifts to various recipients over the centuries.

The question now is when to visit and avoid the biggest crowds. I hope perhaps in early January ...?

 

[mspath]

Indeed. My husband and I also watched the special transmission all morning. How wonderful it was to see the renewed splendor.
What we saw I shall always treasure for a multitude of personal/ professional reasons. ...Many French accounts suggest visits in early spring but before Easter.