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Montreal blacksmith helped restore Notre-Dame

Source: Rissa Swaddi, CTV News, December 6 2024 
"Mathieu Collette played a key role in the reconstruction of Notre-Dame Cathedral. 
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A 'place in paradise': Canadian blacksmiths help restore Notre-Dame

Picture by Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
 

"Five years ago, Notre-Dame Cathedral erupted in flames. A column of smoke rose above the Paris skyline as the historic cathedral, which took 182 years to build between the 12th and 14th centuries, was reduced to a smouldering shell.

Yet against all odds, the Gothic masterpiece is reopening its doors on Saturday - and...


The Quebec blacksmith who worked on Notre-Dame de Paris sends a message to François Legault

A Montreal blacksmith claims his "place in heaven" as Notre-Dame reopens. Interview with Mathieu Collette, blacksmith." 

Source: QUB Radio with Benoit Dutrizac, December 9, 2024

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A Quebec blacksmith and the reconstruction of Notre-Dame

"(...) As a professional blacksmith, I was asked to help forge 60 axes for the carpenters at Notre-Dame-de-Paris. The project lasted four months, and I was there for four weeks. My contribution was a lot of my experience with these young, up-and-coming blacksmiths, helping them to set up the production line so that they could produce and deliver the 60 axes within the tight deadlines(...)". 

Source: Raphael Bouvier-Auclair, Ça nous regarde, Radio Canada Ohdio, December 7, 2024

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Montreal blacksmith to help restore Notre-Dame-de-Paris

Source: Noovo Info, December 5, 2024
"Sunday sees the official reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, five years after the fire that ravaged it. The restoration process had a Quebec twist, with a Montreal blacksmith contributing to the restoration. (...) "
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