Notre-Dame Cathedral re-opens to the public on 8 December 2024 The Notre-Dame Cathedral fire on 15 April 2019 was devastating. Fire, smoke, and water extensively damaged the cathedral, the spire fell, and the roof collapsed. On 8 November 2024 the bells of Notre-Dame rang for the first time since the fire, celebrating the intention toContinue reading “Notre-Dame Cathedral re-opens to the public on 8 December 2024”
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Odeon Theatre – two fires and from local hall to European theatre
Odéon Theatre – two fires and from local hall to European theatre. Irish author James Joyce visited the Odéon Theatre on the rue de Corneille in the 6th arrondissement of Paris quite often. If not inside, then outside on the cloisters. He said of the Odéon Cloisters in 1903, ‘It was an appropriate enough meetingContinue reading “Odeon Theatre – two fires and from local hall to European theatre”