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Let’s Hope the Restoration of Notre-Dame in Gothic Style Prompts a Return to Traditional Architecture

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Let’s Hope the Restoration of Notre-Dame in Gothic Style Prompts a Return to Traditional Architecture
People walk in front of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, ahead of its official reopening ceremony after more than five years of reconstruction work following the April 2019 fire, in Paris on Dec. 7, 2024. Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Michael Bonner
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The cathedral church of Our Lady of Paris has been rebuilt. The church—commonly called Notre-Dame—caught fire in April of 2019 under mysterious circumstances. Despite the plague of deliberate church burnings and vandalism elsewhere in France, the Notre-Dame fire was probably accidental. But the restoration in the Gothic style was deliberate, and it was formally reopened on Dec. 7.
Michael Bonner
Michael Bonner
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Michael Bonner is a communications and public policy consultant at Atlas Strategic Advisors. He holds a doctorate in Iranian history from the University of Oxford, and is also an author. His latest book is “In Defense of Civilization: How Our Past Can Renew Our Present.”