“It’s the movie for me, I just think of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and the book as well. The latter in particular raised the cathedral’s profile for modern-day tourists from across the world. It is most famous in popular culture as the setting for 19th-century author Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and films of the same name including the 1939 classic with Charles Laughton and the 1996 Disney musical animation. Notre Dame has long drawn tourists from around the world. But that is not enough to embark on major restoration works, the last of which were carried out during the 1800s, officials at the cathedral and charity said. This is a very serious risk,” said Michel Picaud, president of the Friends of Notre Dame charity set up by the archbishop.Ĭhurch officials, who have created what they are calling a “stone cemetery” from fallen masonry, say the cathedral remains safe to visit.Įntry is free and the French state, which owns the building, devotes €2m (£1.9m) a year to repairs. “If we don’t do these restoration works, we’ll risk seeing parts of the exterior structure begin to fall.
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