• Row erupts over plan to charge €5 to enter fire-hit Notre Dame

    Row erupts over plan to charge €5 to enter fire-hit Notre Dame
    Catholic church condemns idea of charging entrance fee when rebuilt cathedral reopens in December after five yearsWeeks before its scheduled grand reopening after a devastating fire, Notre Dame has become embroiled in an escalating row over whether to charge future visitors a fee to enter the 12th-century gothic masterpiece.France’s culture minister, Rachida Dati, proposed this week that tourists visiting the Paris cathedral, known as “the soul of France” and one of the world&r

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