Photo: AFPBen McPartland · 14 Sep 2016, 16:23Published: 14 Sep 2016 16:23 GMT+02:00Updated: 14 Sep 2016 16:23 GMT+02:00France is ready to open the doors to thousands of historic or significant buildings to the public, but like every big event in France these days, security fears mean it will feel a little different. France's 33rd annual "Heritage Days" (Journée du Patrimoine) event, when sites of interest including the Elyséé Palace open their doors to the public, will not quite be as "open" as usual this year. And ever since France's state television company pulled out a number of other sites have also decided to stay closed. (AFP)The French government is keen for the popular event to go ahead as normal and as a result some 15,000 buildings will be open over the weekend. Story continues below…The nominated prefect Hubert Weigel has visited all the main sites to give instructions on how security should be handled.

Source: The Local September 14, 2016 14:15 UTC