Tuesday, November 26, 2024 From 6:00 PM To 8:00 PM Add to Calendar 2024-11-26 18:00:00 2024-11-26 20:00:00 Notre-Dame de Paris: Then and Now with Russell Kelley Discover the epic history and remarkable rebirth of Notre-Dame de Paris, leading to its grand reopening in 2024. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA America/New_York
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Russell Kelley is Vice President of the Alliance Française Miami Metro where he has curated four series of Zoom lectures about the History and Heritage of France, including one about “The Great Churches of Paris”. He has lived in Paris for more than 30 years – and next to Notre-Dame for the past 20 years – and is the author of The Making of Paris: The Story of How Paris Evolved from a Fishing Village into the World’s Most Beautiful City (Lyons Press, 2021).
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