Paris, France, Nov 15, 2019 / 00:35 am
Tensions are reportedly running high between French authorities overseeing the rebuilding of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, as they create plans to rebuild the church damaged by fire earlier this year.
Army General Jean-Louis Georgelin and the architect on the project, Philippe Villeneuve, disagree over whether the cathedral's new spire should look modern or medieval, the BBC reports.
Georgelin, at a meeting of the French National Assembly's cultural affairs committee late Wednesday, reportedly told the architect that he should "shut his mouth" over the spire's design, adding that a final decision on the spire would be settled on in 2021.
The roof of the 850-year-old cathedral caught fire April 15, destroying the building's spire and most of the roof. The stone vaults survived mostly intact, as did most of the cathedral's artwork and relics.