Friday November 29, Emmanuel Macron made his last visit to the Notre-Dame de Paris construction site, paying a poignant tribute to General Jean-Louis Georgelin, who died tragically in August 2023, and responsible for the restoration of the religious building.
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This Friday, November 29, Emmanuel Macron made his last visit to the Notre-Dame de Paris construction site before its official reopening scheduled for December 7 and 8.
The President of the Republic paid tribute to General Jean-Louis Georgelin, an emblematic figure in the reconstruction of the cathedral.“I dedicate this moment to General Georgelin, the face and voice of the construction site“, declared Emmanuel Macron, visibly moved.
“I think he would have been proud and happy“, he added, saluting the memory of the onehe directed the titanic restoration work until his sudden disappearance.
To read: Death of General Jean-Louis Georgelin while hiking in Ariège: “The Nation loses one of its great soldiers”
General Georgelin died tragically on August 18, 2023, at the age of 74, while hiking in the Pyrenees. He suffered a fatal fall while climbing the peak of Roc Blanc, in the commune of Bordes-sur-Lez in Ariège..
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