French culture minister in bid to charge tourists to visit Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral • FRANCE 24

French ministers have raised the idea of charging tourists to enter Paris’ world-famous Notre-Dame cathedral when it opens in December after a five-year restoration, a proposal that drew a rebuke from the city’s diocese on Thursday. Culture Minister Rachida Dati said she had suggested implementing a “symbolic charge” during a conversation with Paris’ Catholic archbishop, with proceeds dedicated to conserving the country’s religious heritage. FRANCE 24’s Emily Boyle reports.
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9 comments

  1. The city should definitively CHARGE !!!! 5 Euros is NOTHING !!! If you have the money to visit Paris then you definitively should have 5 Euros to PAY an entrance fee !! And it goes for the maintenance.

  3. oh, let's make money off culture, but only from the poor- and quacks! paying for your sin, again and again?
    democracy? hahahaha. "religious"oligarchy forever!
    no, just no. tourist trap, anyone?

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