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With three more years to go until the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and the re-opening date announced by French President Emanuel Macron, Notre Dame’s restoration work progresses. After a long safety phase and months of work interruption last year due to the pandemic, all burned timber from the roof has been removed, and scaffolding has been installed inside the cathedral. As a homage to the heritage structure and “the collective effort to rebuild Notre Dame”, the Catholic University of America is building a replica of one of the cathedral’s roof trusses in Washington D.C., using medieval techniques.