As France’s Notre Dame reopens, whose heritage is worth $1bn?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Notre Dame of Paris is reopening with great fanfare after a $1bn rebuilding effort following a devastating fire nearly six years ago. But why do some architectural treasures receive attention and resources, while others are overlooked? Who decides what history to preserve?
In this episode:
- Léopold Lambert @TheFunambulist_, Architect and Editor-in-Chief of The Funambulist
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolomé, Sonia Bhagat, Tamara Khandaker and Cole van Miltenburg with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, a world-class cathedral rebirthed. |
| 0:15.0 | A medieval Gothic masterpiece, Notre Dame de Paris, |
| 0:19.0 | is one of the French capital's most beloved and visited |
| 0:22.6 | monuments. |
| 0:23.6 | As France's Notre Dame reopens with massive fanfare, we look at what it takes to become |
| 0:29.6 | world-class and why some monuments never will. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm Malika Bilal, and this is the take. |
| 0:45.3 | We will rebuild the cathedral even more beautifully, and I want this to be completed within |
| 0:51.1 | five years. |
| 0:53.5 | Those were French President Emmanuel Macron's words in April 2019, |
| 0:58.4 | after a massive fire broke out at Notre Dame in Paris. |
| 1:03.4 | The flames raged for hours, gutting a cathedral at the heart of the Catholic faith |
| 1:08.9 | and a symbol of France. |
| 1:11.6 | I think it's a place of refuge in French history in Notre Dame, Nevada. |
| 1:16.2 | It's where we have gathered in joy and sorrow throughout our history. |
| 1:21.7 | To see it fall like that and to see it so fragile, it's painful. In the end, it hurts. |
| 1:28.5 | I can't believe I'm really so sad, and I was really just crying just before, and I feel |
| 1:35.1 | like Paris is all, Paris is crying now, not just me. |
| 1:40.3 | The building was only 15 to 30 minutes away from total destruction, and my guest today saw it happen. |
| 1:49.4 | I'm Leopold Lambert. I live in Paris. I'm a train architect, and I'm the editor-in-chief of the magazine The Phenobelist. |
| 1:59.2 | Welcome to The Take. It's really good to have you here. I want to start by going back in time |
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