Employees work to restore the Vaulted Roof at the Saint-Donatien Basilica in Nantes

Nantes: A Significant Milestone in the Restoration of the Saint-Donatien Basilica

HERITAGE:  A year and a half after the fire that destroyed the building, the operation to restore the vaults, “the most complex part of the restoration,” concludes … One by one, the 10,000 blocks of stone of varying sizes, have almost all been laid. At 30 meters high, where the roof caught fire in June 2015, a […]

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Reconstruction of Saint Donatien basilica in Nantes

Nantes: After the Fire, the Saint-Donatien Bascilica Starts Reconstruction

The first phase of repairs of the building on fire in June begins this week … Four months after the fire in the Saint-Donatien Basilica, the time of expertise and business consultations has finished and work has began this week as expected. The first phase of the project, that of securing and repair, will last until the […]

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Repairs to the roof of the Saint Donatien Basilica should start next month

Nantes: The Saint-Donatien Basilica will have to wait One Month

The first work of securing the building, which is exposed to rain, should begin by the end of October … On June 15, the roof of St. Donatien basilica was destroyed by fire.  Since this accidental fire, which greatly marked the Nantais, the weakened building, still remains exposed to the weather.  And it will have […]

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