<div class="article-title">UN cultural experts to offer help to restore Notre Dame Cathedral</div>

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UN cultural experts to offer help to restore Notre Dame Cathedral

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

World Heritage Centre Director Mechtild Rössler told UN News that UN cultural experts are standing by to offer help. Dr Rössler said that a team of UNESCO experts is on hand to investigate the stability of the stonework and potential damage to stained glass windows.

Norte Dame Cathedral a world Heritage Site often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, The Construction begun in 1160 under Bishop Maurice de Sully and was largely complete by 1260. The Gothic cathedral was a liber pauperum, a “poor people’s book”, covered with sculpture vividly illustrating biblical stories. It is a Classic Example of French Gothic style. The stained glass windows of Notre-Dame, particularly the three rose windows, are among the most famous features of the cathedral. The Resent fire has Damaged Two-thirds of the roof of the famed Notre Dame cathedral.

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