Source: Johannie Bouffard, City News, 4 décembre 2024
«(...)The 2019 fire damaged the Cathedral’s roof, walls, and spire. French officials chose to restore it to its original 800-year-old design. Mathieu forged 60 axes, allowing modern craftsmen to recreate the 13th-century wood marks.
“We know the techniques. We know what looked like the tools in that region in that time. We know what type of wood it is. But if you don’t have the blacksmith capable to do that type of tools, the carpenter won’t have the tools to make properly the right mark to put back the carpentry in place,” said Collette.(...)»