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Re:The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great ... by brabel on Sunday December 08, 2024 @01:41AM (#42355416)
I was wondering exactly about that: how did they keep this expertise? Even in France, I don't think anyone is building medieval-style buildings anymore. Is the work done in restaurations enough to keep the know-how for actually building things almost from scracth?
Re:The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great ... by mahkeiro on Sunday December 08, 2024 @02:03AM (#42355497)
It may surprise you but people are still building medieval castle in France: https://www.guedelon.fr/en/ (youtube has numerous video from them showing medieval technics of building) And France keep some of the building tradition through something called "compagnonnage" https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnonnage (sry but there no en page for this article).
Re:The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great ... by skywal_l on Sunday December 08, 2024 @04:41AM (#42356135)
Re:The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great ... by realusername on Sunday December 08, 2024 @02:52AM (#42355678)
The answer is simple, there's an endless amount of churches and castles to maintain in France, so many of them that it's actually impossible to maintain them all. As long as the state cares about maintainance, there's going to be jobs for it.
Re:The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great ... by Neonlicht on Sunday December 08, 2024 @07:11AM (#42356685)
I know that the bells were made in the Netherlands- which has a long history with church bells.
Re:The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great ... by chiph on Sunday December 08, 2024 @09:12AM (#42357252)
If you're in the US, you can apply to attend the American College of the Building Arts.

https://acba.edu/aboutacba

They were established in Charleston SC after Hurricane Hugo when it was discovered that the US did not have enough craftspeople to repair all the historic homes that had been damaged. You can get an accredited Bachelors degree in architectural ironwork, plastering, timber framing, and stone carving.