Thanks to this podcast from Le Figaro Hors-Série, travel back in time, from the origins of the cathedral to the fire that moved the whole world.
On the evening of April 15, 2019, Paris held its breath at the nightmare spectacle playing out on the Île de la Cité. A fire had broken out at Notre-Dame, gradually igniting the framework, the crossing of the transept, the spire of Viollet-le Duc which, by collapsing, would bring tears to the eyes of the thousands of passers-by gathered on the bridges. France was touched to the heart.
Five years later, the incredible challenge of its reconstruction was met. The spire stands again in Paris and the vaults of this stone vessel are ready to welcome the faithful.
In the podcast Our Lady, death and resurrectionIsabelle Schmitz, deputy editorial director of Le Figaro Hors-Série, takes you through the centuries to the heart of the thousand-year-old history of Notre-Dame, from 1163 with Maurice de Sully to the day of the fire in 2019. A podcast adapted for audio by Astrid Landon and Salomé Boulet, based on the text by Albane Piot for Le Figaro Hors-Série, Notre-Dame, Passion and resurrection.
In the first episode, Notre-Dame, death and resurrection 1/3: Return to the origins, we go to the cathedral construction site in the spring of 1163. Then we travel to the 13th century alongside Saint-Louis. Finally, at the heart of the Hundred Years’ War, here we are in the cathedral to witness the coronation of an English king within Notre-Dame itself.
In the second episode, Notre-Dame de Paris, death and resurrection 2/3: Blood and tears, we participate in the wedding of the future Queen Margot with Henri de Navarre, six days before the terrible massacre of Saint-Barthélemy in 1572. Then, a century later, we attended the funeral of the Prince of Condé, cousin of Louis XIV, before seeing Notre-Dame besieged by the Revolutionaries in 1793.
In the third and final episode, Notre-Dame de Paris, death and resurrection 3/3: A cathedral for eternity, we are invited to the coronation of Napoleon in 1804, before a resigned Pope Pius VII. Then we admire the restoration of the cathedral by Viollet-le-Duc, transforming Notre-Dame de Paris into a great museum of Christian art. Finally, we end with the disaster of the fire of this sacred place on April 15, 2019.
Le Figaro special edition Our Lady, Passion and Resurrection is available on newsstands and on Figaro Store.
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