France’s commission for architecture and cultural heritage on Thursday unanimously rejected President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to replace historic stained glass windows at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris with modern works. The memorialists thus dealt another blow to the project, which was created following the fire of the monument five years ago, writes Le Figaro. The commission’s opinion is not binding, but it has a lot of social weight.
The commission of preservationists discussed for several hours, based on the report of the art historian Alexander Gady. His analysis is based on the international charter on the repair of historical monuments, which recommends not destroying works registered as monuments and not replacing them with modern pieces. The commission received Gady’s report on Wednesday, but it is not available to the public.
