775 Reopening Notre-Dame; Rue des Martyrs; Other Religions
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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🗓️ 7 December 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Ken Follett, author of a monumental series of novels based in medieval Europe, celebrates the much anticipated — and hotly debated — reopening of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral five years after its devastating fire. Also, the New York Times' former Paris correspondent Elaine Sciolino tells us what makes her own Paris neighborhood feel like home. And a peace activist from Jerusalem shares a suggestion to help people of different religions get along better.
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| 0:00.0 | The Notre Dame fire of 2019 was heartbreaking. |
| 0:03.0 | The lead of the roof and the burning timbers fell down through that ceiling and broke it like an eggshell. |
| 0:12.0 | Coming up, we celebrate the cathedral's restoration with the author of best-selling novels about the medieval world, Ken Follett. |
| 0:18.0 | An American journalist tells us why the neighborhood where she lives is her favorite part |
| 0:23.1 | of Paris. |
| 0:24.2 | I can be myself on this street, and over time I kind of just got to know everybody, and that |
| 0:30.1 | made all the difference. |
| 0:31.5 | Elaine Shalino takes us to the Rue de Martyrs, and a Palestinian peace activist tells |
| 0:36.7 | us what you can gain |
| 0:37.6 | by visiting religious services that are different from what you're used to. |
| 0:41.3 | I've taken groups to churches, to synagogues, |
| 0:44.2 | pretty much all over the world, to Buddhist temples, |
| 0:47.4 | and never had a problem. |
| 0:49.4 | Expanding our horizons and celebrating the heart of Paris. |
| 0:52.5 | It's just ahead on Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:00.1 | You don't have to be Catholic to enjoy a cathedral. |
| 1:03.3 | We'll look at what it's like to visit someone else's house of worship |
| 1:06.1 | in just a bit on today's Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:09.2 | And we'll hear how One street in Paris excels at being |
| 1:12.8 | a neighborhood. Let's start with an appreciation for the Notre Dame Cathedral. After the |
| 1:18.2 | heartbreaking fire nearly destroyed the Paris landmark back in 2019, five and a half years of expert |
| 1:23.8 | renovations are now ready as one of the grandest achievements of European civilization |
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