The Paris landmark's famed spire was destroyed by fire in 2019, but is expected to be restored by 2024Article contentFrance is on the hunt for 100-year-old oak trees to rebuild the famed wooden spire of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, which was destroyed by fire in 2019. Try refreshing your browser, or France searches for centuries-old oak trees to rebuild Notre Dame's spire Back to videoFrench President Emmanuel Macron initially hinted that the spire’s reconstruction could incorporate a “contemporary gesture,” but announced last summer that the spire would be rebuild exactly as it was. Macron hopes that the spire and all additional reconstruction work will be completed by the spring of 2024, in time for the Paris Summer Olympics. Authorities are now scouring the French countryside for oak trees and, if Macron’s deadline is to be met, the trees must be chopped down by late March before their sap rises or the wood will be too humid. The trunks will be left to dry for up to 18 months before being cut into beams for the spire.

Source: National Post February 17, 2021 16:07 UTC