There are plans to make a "path of discoveries" that will be laid through 14 themed chapels. The latter should be devoted to the environment, some of them to Africa and Asia. The walls are planned to be covered with modern frescoes, and quotations from the Holy Scriptures in foreign languages will be hung on them. Acoustics and lighting will undergo changes, write edition of the Daily Mail.
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According to the officials who support this project, this way the monument will become more accessible to tourists. Critics say that similar decisions for the interior of the cathedral demean its history. In particular, the Parisian architect Maurice Culot compared this restoration with the vision of Walt Disney, the article further states.
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For in words father Gilles Drouin, who is responsible for rebuilding the interior of the monument and advocates its modernization, the project is not as radical as it seems. He also added that the traditional straw chairs in the cathedral will be replaced by more comfortable benches equipped with small lamps; instead of the light that falls from the high ceiling, lighting will be made at head level; will open the entrance through the main door, not the side door, as it was before.
Despite the criticism, the project is already underway approved The Commission for National Heritage and Architecture of France (CNPA) with a note to preserve the authentic seats of the cathedral and the location of the statues under the walls of the monument. Then the decision will be made by the Ministry of Culture of France.
The restoration process of one of the chapels. 2020 is the year. Photo: Patrick Zachmann/Magnum Photos
We will remind you that work on the restoration of the Notre Dame Cathedral began in April 2019 after a fire destroyed a large part of its roof, destroyed the spire and damaged the interior. French President Emmanuel Macron hopes the monument will be restored in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.