Tour d’Argent overlooks Paris 2024 Olympics and reborn Notre Dame The Tour d’Argent already boasts a 320,000-bottle wine cellar, a world-famous duck recipe and a storied 441-year history. Now, the legendary Paris restaurant is about to serve up its “plat de résistance": a front-row view of two of the biggest events of 2024 — the renaissance of Notre Dame Cathedral and the 2024 Summer Olympics. A city landmark unto itself — and an inspiration for the restaurant in the movie “Ratatouille’’ — the Tour d’Argent recently reopened after its own renovation, which preserved revered traditions while adapting to the 21st century. A waiter prepares table at La Tour d’Argent restaurant in Paris, with Notre Dame Cathedral in background, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) ‘...
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If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument’s fire-ravaged roof. Certainly the reverse is true for the modern-day carpenters using medieval-era skills. Working with hand axes to fashion hundreds of tons of oak beams for the framework of Notre Dame’s new roof has, for them, been like rewinding time. It’s given them a new appreciation of their predecessors’ handiwork that pushed the architectural envelope back in the 13th century. Part of the new wooden roof of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, Thursday, May, 25, 2023 is pictured near Angers, western France. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Schaeffer) ...
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