Meanwhile in France...

October 12 2015

Video: L'Obs

Regular readers will know about the curious French approach to 'restoring' ancient buildings and sites, which is to effectively rebuild them like new. At Chartres cathedral they're busy cleaning even the soot off the famous 'Black Madonna' and, as in the video above, entirely re-plastering the walls.

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