About the talk

In September 2021, the public etablishment dedicated to the conservation and restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral  (l’établissement public chargé de la conservation et de la restauration de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris) announced that the temporary structures built to secure the cathedral’s iconic towers, vaults, and walls were complete. The cathedral was finally stable enough for reconstruction efforts to begin.

We invite you to meet two front-line actors of the worksite,  Jonathan Truillet and Marie Parant and discuss the secrets of the restorationsite

Free event. Registration below is mandatory. 

In French

About the speakers

Marie Parant

Marie Parant is a wall paintings restorer. During the consolidation worksite of the cathedral, she was in charge of the trial restoration of the chapels. This operation aimed to test in real conditions the protocols to be applied when restoring the painted chapels in the second part of the worksite.

Selected to be part of the companies that will restore Notre-Dame, Marie Parant will continue to restore the wall paintings of the cathedral to give back its splendour to Notre-Dame de Paris.

Jonathan Truillet

Jonathan Truillet is chef heritage curator and deputy director of operations for the public esthablishment dedicated to the conservation and the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral since 2019. The establishment is the contracting authority (Maître d'ouvrage in french) that directs the restoration of the cathedral. To this end, it carries out the restoration work, leads overall operations, and develops actions to enhance the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris and its professions, in France and internationally

Free event. Registration below is mandatory.