This December 8, 2024 was a very special day. Five years after the fire that ravaged Notre-Dame de Paris, the cathedral has reopened its doors. The public had the opportunity to rediscover the sublime building, the day after an exceptional ceremony in the presence of numerous heads of state. A much awaited moment while the whole world has been branded by these terrible images of the building destroyed by the flames. Thus, this January 15, Notre-Dame was discussed in “C à vous” on France 5. Who better to talk about it than Stéphane Bern ?
Indeed, if the 61-year-old host is came to promote episode 4 of Bellefondthe series in which he plays on France 3, he was interviewed by Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine and her columnists on Notre Dame. Problem: Yori’s companion and Emmanuel Macron are disagree on a detail following this reconstruction. Stéphane Bern was uncompromising regarding the six contemporary stained glass windows affixed to the facade. For him, it is abouta “whim” of the head of stated’a “fact of the prince”.
Faced with the team, the former RTL presenter justified himself: “I love contemporary stained glass windows. There are some in Chartres, they are magnificent but let’s not dismantle stained glass windows which are classified as “historical monuments” to put contemporary stained glass windows in their place. It’s not the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns, it’s respecting the law” began by launching the Lyonnais.
Stéphane Bern: what does the head of state risk?
To support his point, Stéphane Bern then gave a concrete example to his interlocutors. “If I do this at home, I remove something that I don’t like which is classified as a “historical monument” to put in something that I like more and well immediately I have a fine, I disobey“. In order to fully understand what her guest is insinuating, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine asked him again. So the president is an outlaw?” .
A question to which the History enthusiast answered straight away: “Yes and he knows it. The National Commission for Heritage and Architecture gave a unanimous negative opinion. I spoke with the regional director of cultural affairs who told me ‘We are going to examine the file but we are barely going to give notice to remove the stained glass windows which are classified as a “historical monument, there will be complaints. He won’t win” he said.
Finally, the 54-year-old host tried to understand. That happened in the head of president to make this size change. “I don’t know why he’s locked up“. For him, after having succeeded in this challenge of rebuilding Notre-Dame in 5 years, he should have stopped there. So will there be sequels? Time will tell.
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