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UNESCO says ‘at France’s side to save and restore’ Notre Dame

15 April 2019, 9:53 pm
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The United Nations’ cultural agency says it “stood at France’s side to save and restore” Notre-Dame cathedral, “a priceless heritage” which erupted in flames earlier today.

Audrey Azoulay, secretary general of UNESCO, says the agency is monitoring the effort to put out the blaze, which consumed the iconic church’s spire as flames spread across the roof.

Seen from the Belleville Park, smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019. (Aurore MESENGE / AFP)

Notre-Dame was added to UNESCO’s world heritage list in 1991, Azoulay added in a tweet.

— AFP

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