Patrick Zachmann

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Nov 20, 2024 | architecturaldigest.com | Dana Thomas |Patrick Zachmann

On April 15, 2019, the unthinkable happened: Notre-Dame de Paris caught on fire. More than 400 firefighters battled bravely into the night. When, after 12-plus hours, officials declared the blaze extinguished, the French Gothic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, dating back some 850 years, was still standing, its famous windows, bell towers, and organ all intact. But the roof had caved in and the interior had been gutted.

Oct 24, 2024 | gqjapan.jp | Patrick Zachmann

2019年4月15日の夕刻、レミ・フロモンはパリのモンパルナスにある賑やかなカフェ、ブラッスリー・サンマロでくつろいでいた。その時、電話が鳴った。 「ノートルダムが燃えている」と、電話越しに友人が言った。フランス文化省の歴史的記念物主任建築家を務めるフロモンは、この一報を冗談かと思ったが、相手の真剣な様子に事の重大さを直感し、椅子から飛び上がった。そして、すぐに自転車に乗り、大聖堂へ向かって北へと急いだ。 フロモンは、ほっそりとした46歳の優雅な男性で、茶色の巻き毛に縁取られた愛らしい顔立ちをしている。パリ近郊のヴァンセンヌで生まれた彼は、国家的に重要な建造物の修復を数多く手がけ、中世ヨーロッパを象徴するノートルダム大聖堂の細部に至るまで精通していた。ノートルダムは、一度火災が発生すれば瞬く間に燃え広がる危険性があり、もしそれが制御不能となれば、結果は壊滅的なものになることを彼は深く理解していた。 炎に包まれた“フランスの魂”...

Oct 24, 2024 | gqjapan.jp | Patrick Zachmann

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Jun 4, 2024 | tabletmag.com | Patrick Zachmann

The number of antisemitic acts in France has soared after the Hamas massacres in Israel, from 436 in 2022 to 1,676 since Oct. 7. As a result, the mezuzah has become a mark of Jewishness that, instead of protecting the occupants of a home, can become an invitation to antisemitic attacks such as the one that took place in the 20th arrondissement of Paris at the home of an elderly Jewish couple whose door, with its mezuzah, was set on fire.