Two French heritage associations have filed urgent legal action in the Paris courts against the prefectural authorisation to remove prized 19th-century stained-glass windows by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc from Notre-Dame Cathedral, despite the fact they survived the 2019 blaze untouched.
Opponents object to President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to replace them with new works by Claire Tabouret, an artist whose use of tarot imagery has raised concerns among some traditional Catholics about the spiritual suitability of her designs for a major place of Catholic worship.
