When Notre-Dame de Paris suffered extensive structural damage in a major fire, most of the historic cathedral's stained glass was able to withstand the heat and the flames. But the windows were heavily soiled with smoke and dust which blocked external light and obscured the range of colours of the 170 years-old glass. More than three years after the massive blaze, eight glass manufactures from France have begun the painstaking operation to clean and restore 39 high windows in the medieval cathedral's nave, choir, transept and sacristy. FILE PHOTO: A view shows the reconstruction site at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, in Paris, France, July 28, 2022. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/Pool via REUTERS Flavie Serriere Vincent-Petit, head of the eponymous stained-glass company in Troye...
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