One issue on which everyone involved in the restoration project agrees is that Notre Dame is such an important part of French history, culture and religion it will be saved, no matter how much time it takes, or how much money it costs. It is central to French identity, and every effort will be made to save what can be saved, and reconstruct those parts that were destroyed by the fire.
Donations must be used to restore Notre Dame, court says
The French court of auditors has published a report insisting that the donations received to help rebuild Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral must not be used to fund the public body that is overseeing the restoration, but rather to directly fund the cathedral’s reconstruction.
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