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The church of Saint-Omer, in Pas-de-Calais, was set on fire during the night of Sunday September 1st to Monday September 2nd. More than a year later a mysterious donor offered one million euros for its reconstruction and his identity was revealed.
Big surprise for the town hall of Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais). The municipality received a donation of one million euros for the reconstruction project of the Immaculée-Conception church, affected by a terrible fire a little over a year ago. But mystery reigned around the identity of this donor who had remained anonymous until Friday, November 15.
“A great date in the history of our beautiful city”
“This Friday will remain a great date in the history of our beautiful city. We welcomed Marie-Hélène Habert-Dassault and Benoît Habert for the presentation of a donation of one million euros to help finance the reconstruction of our church”, declared François Decoster, mayor of Saint-Omer.
Impressive images of a fire in the Immaculée-Conception church in Saint-Omer pic.twitter.com/HlJA27dGpl
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) https://twitter.com/BFMTV/status/1830509746358460891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
This exceptional donation for the reconstruction of the church therefore comes from the Dassault family.
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Coming on site to visit the church and the construction project, Marie-Hélène Habert-Dassault and Benoît Habert were accompanied by officials of the Heritage Foundation, including its general director Alexandre Giuglaris and its departmental delegate Dominique Rembotte.
In addition to the visit to the church, Marie-Hélène Habert-Dassault and Benoît Habert spoke at the town hall around the construction site and we took a tour of the city. Their donation reinforces the amount collected by the online prize pool which already peaked at 140,000 euros.
