Five Years After the Fire: Notre-Dame de Paris and the Largest Restoration Project of the Century

Five years after the devastating fire at Notre-Dame of Paris, World Monuments Fund (WMF) and Villa Albertine invite you to attend the 2024 Paul Mellon Lecture on the extraordinary project to reconstruct this icon of French medieval architecture. Taking place as part of the Heritage Speaks series, the event began with a tribute to Notre-Dame by Barry Bergdoll, Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, and was followed by a panel discussion on the project to rebuild the cathedral and enhance fire protection at similar cultural heritage sites worldwide.

Guest speakers included Rima Abdul Malak, former Minister of Culture of France and culture advisor to President Macron; Lindsay S. Cook, architectural historian and specialist in medieval European architecture; Séverine Lepape, director of the Musée de Cluny; Matteo Pellegrino, carpenter at Maison Perrault; and Joseph Pfeifer, first deputy commissioner of the New York City Fire Department.

With introductory remarks by Édouard Philippe, Mayor of Le Havre and Former Prime Minister of France.