A cleaned up church in Paris.

[Old Crank]

We like to go to organ concerts, so when he went through Paris we got tickets to hear one in the newly rebuilt Notre Dame Cathedral. Here are a few pictures of how she looks now. Very nice restoration.

[ZDU]

1. Beautiful

Thanks for the pics!

[Old Crank]

2. You are welcome

It was a pleasure to hear the organ also.
They had an American organist that night as luck would have it.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Gorgeous, thank you for sharing!

I would love to see the inside but I will have to settle for photos.

[Old Crank]

15. Thanks

It was a pleasure to go and hear the organ also.

[brer cat]

4. Magnificient! Thanks for sharing.

[Old Crank]

16. My pleasure

[ultralite001]

5. Wow...

Just wow...

Considering how 💔💔💔 it was watching the images of the fire,
this is balm for the soul.

Thank you for sharing...

[Old Crank]

17. A very short period after the fire

we were in another church in Italy that had had a similar fire. It was almost rebuilt. Lots of black and white marble from closed quarries. The alter was yet to be restored. It gave hope that this edifice would be rebuilt.

[COL Mustard]

6. Beautiful pictures and a lovely restoration.

They definitely did it right.

It looks very different from the last time I was there, in the last century. Maybe someday....

[Old Crank]

18. First there in 1977

BAck then it looked dingy and drab.

[irisblue]

7. Those fire fighters and priests in 2019 saved so much

image from the wiki about the fire

[popsdenver]

8. Don't let Donald see these pics

Who knows that he won't want one and maybe tear down the Lincoln Monument or something else to build it.....knowing that his fanatical, fringe, right wing, zealot, bible thumpers would love it.......

[Old Crank]

19. The good news on that front

is that we don't have the workers to handle that kind of work.

[demosincebirth]

9. Such a beautiful cathedral!

[Old Crank]

20. The old lady sure cleaned up nice

[AverageOldGuy]

10. Astounding. But you won't believe this.

Wife is from Alabama. Just as I left Mississippi at 18 and never looked back, she put Alabama in her rearview mirror at 18.

Her sister-in-law in Alabama died four months after the Notre Dame fire. We went to Alabama for the funeral, spent a few days visiting her family and old friends. Two of her old friends are married to each other. She was a high school English teacher for 35 years, he was mayor of their town and later member of the Alabama House of Delegates -- intelligent, educate people. So we thought.

Our daughter was in France at the time and she visited the burned-out Notre Dame. We told wife's friends where our daughter was, that she had visited the burned-out Notre Dame and they did not know that there had been a fire AT NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY IN INDIANA, USA. When we told then, well, no, not that Notre Dame, we are talking about the fire four months ago that almost destroyed the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, well, NO, THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THAT.

Wife and I were calm, didn't flip out. But when we left, wife went through the roof -- "How could (her friend) get so stupid? Did not hear the news that the Notre Dame Cathedral had burned? WTF??? How %$# %^&^&&^%$%$ stupid can she be and that dumbass (husband's name) what the ###$#@#$% is his problem?? I don't know those people. "

We went to a local BBQ joint where she ate a whole rack of ribs before she calmed down.

And that, folks, is Alabama for you.

[George McGovern]

13. "Sweet Home Alabama" Great story AverageOldGuy! Remind not to be stupid around your wife :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Thank you for these wonderful photos, my dear Old Crank!

It's been superbly restored. Wish I could see it in person. These will have to do.

[Old Crank]

21. You are welcome

The best part about the concert was there wasn't fighting through the crowds that happen these days.

[oberle]

12. I went to Paris in 1973

and went to an organ recital at Notre Dame, only to hear an American organist. So I went to masses all over the city to hear the Parisian organists. Now I really want to see Notre Dame again. I watched the opening service after it was brought back. The organ sounded beautiful.

[Old Crank]

22. You beat me by 4 years

My late wife and I shot a roll of film just of the gargoyles. Back then they didn't have the fencing up around the tower to keep people in.

[Old Crank]

24. We are going to 3 concerts in 2 weeks here in Munich

One of our churches is having Orgel Mai. Tonight it will be an American and on Sunday we have a young woman. She was born in Germany, spent lots of time in Austria. Now lives in Paris and here parents are Korean.
I have been to 2 other concerts with women organists and the choices are quite different.

[George McGovern]

14. Wonderful images Old Crank! Thank You!

[Old Crank]

23. You are most welcome