Restoration of Notre Dame, Paris: the Western Façade, 1862. '...the exterior and interior have occupied exactly a quarter of a century when [The work is] being proceeded with in all due haste; several years, however, will yet be required for its restoration to the rank it deserves to occupy as one of the most perfect specimens of Gothic art in Viollet-le-Duc, the eminent architect charged with this colossal us that the restoration was will be completely terminated in splendid facade, the
Restoration of Notre Dame, Paris: the Western Façade, 1862. '...the exterior and interior have occupied exactly a quarter of a century when [The work is] being proceeded with in all due haste; several years, however, will yet be required for its restoration to the rank it deserves to occupy as one of the most perfect specimens of Gothic art in Viollet-le-Duc, the eminent architect charged with this colossal us that the restoration was will be completely terminated in splendid facade, the finest portion of one of the most richly decorated of Christan edifices, and equally remarkable for the perfect unity of its sentiment and the grandeur of its proportions, was stone spires originally intended to be added to the never erected. M. Viollet-le-Duc also kindly informs us that, if the western been totally reconstructed, the cost would have been twenty-five millions of francs at least; whereas the restoration of this portion (including the belfries in the towers) will have been accomplished, in the most satisfactory manner, for about two millions of francs (£80,000)'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.
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