Lecture / Notre-Dame de Paris Then and Now

Russell Kelley, author of The Making of Paris and Michel Picaud, Founder and President of The Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris discuss the long and eventful history of the greatest Parisian church of all, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, from its inception in 1163 to the catastrophic fire that destroyed its attic, roof, and spire on April 15, 2019, and the rebuilding work undertaken to date to enable the cathedral to reopen at the end of 2024.