Notre-Dame-de-Paris Cathedral
A 'place in paradise': Canadian blacksmiths help restore Notre-Dame
"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
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
...Montreal blacksmith to help restore Notre-Dame-de-Paris
Inside the rebuilt Notre-Dame Cathedral
"Notre-Dame reopens this weekend - just five years after fire blazed through the iconic Paris cathedral. A journalist gives us a look inside the rebuilt "people's palace," and a Montreal blacksmith who forged the axes used in the reconstruction shares what it means to have left his mark on the 12th-century monument."
Source: The Current with Matt Galloway and Agnès Poirier, CBC Listen, December 6,2024