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Comment on Notre Dame reopens in Paris 5 years after fire – its reconstruction preserves the past and illuminates France’s modern ambitions

ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

You know what? It’s great that Notre Dame got the treatment it deserves as a cultural icon.

But here’s what I see: that’s one billion euros that meticulously, almost obsessively, restored a religious building that could have housed and fed a lot of homeless people for a lot of time.

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ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
It’s one billion euros to restore a tourist attraction worth several times that amount.

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- ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I know it’s deconsecrated, and it boosts the tourist economy, therefore the billion dollar restoration is in fact a sound financial investment. And that money paid for good craftspeople to do their craft and maintain traditional work methods and I’m all for that.
  
  I know…
  
  But it still find it shocking on the face of it.
  
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