Fire at Notre Dame: they found the rooster who crowned the needle – 16/04/2019

Monday, the whole world was shocked by the fire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. L & # 39; needle, the first structure that burned in the light of all and that collapsed in the face of the amazement of those who followed the evolution of the disaster, was undoubtedly one of the big losses to regret. It is an addition of Viollet-le-Duc in the nineteenth century which culminated with the bronze sculpture of a rooster.

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To everyone's surprise, even though he had given it to be destroyed, the authorities gave the lost figure. Nobody imagined meeting until a contractor specializing in the restoration of historic monuments He discovered it among the ruins.

The discovery was announced on Twitter by the president of the French Construction Federation, Jacques Chanut. "Amazing! One of our members of the Group of Restoration of Historical Monuments (GMH) found the rooster at the top of the needle of Notre Dame." In the pictures, the man in question is holding the bad of recognizable green bronze.

What many people may not know is that the animal contains three relics: a spine of holy crown, a relic of Saint Denis and another of Saint Genevieve. It was Cardinal Verdier, Archbishop of Paris, who placed them on October 25, 1935 to make the arrow "A spiritual lightning rod".

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Patrick Chauvet, Rector of the Paris Cathedral, confirmed the location of the rooster. However, he did not mention whether or not the treasures he contains remain there.

Source: The Vanguardia