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Why the 'dig of the century' is happening underneath Notre Dame
Key takeaways
- France's famed Notre Dame cathedral has become the centre of an excavation dubbed by some as the "dig of the century".
- As the world watched on in 2019, a fire on Paris's Île de la Cité brought the cathedral's spire crashing down and sparked the beginning of a major process to rebuild and restore the medieval site.
- The doors were thrown open once again in December 2024 at a lavish ceremony attended by French President Emmanuel Macron and more than 2,500 guests, such as then-US president-elect Donald Trump and Prince William.
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France's famed Notre Dame cathedral has become the centre of an excavation dubbed by some as the "dig of the century". (Reuters: Tom Nicholson)
Link copied Share Share article More than a year after France's famed Notre Dame reopened to the public, an archaeological exploration delving into thousands of years of the history of Paris and dubbed by some as the "dig of the century" has begun just metres below the cathedral's ground floor.
As the world watched on in 2019, a fire on Paris's Île de la Cité brought the cathedral's spire crashing down and sparked the beginning of a major process to rebuild and restore the medieval site.
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