Using welding techniques from the 1800s, they measure each new sheet of zinc so it fits the shape of the roof just right. Then they mount the often slippery roofs to affix the sheets to their new ...
From before sunrise to after sunset, in slippery winters and scorching summers, the roof restorers of Paris toil away, replacing the zinc sheets that help define the city’s famous skyline.
A special spotlight is now shining on their little-noticed skills: UNESCO inscribed the zinc roof restoration techniques on its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage on Wednesday. ″The ...
“Restoring a roof involves removing old zinc sheets, measuring and custom-cutting new pieces with a Parisian folding machine, and assembling them onto the roof,” UNESCO noted in its citation ...
(AP Photo/Louise Delmotte) PARIS (AP) — From before sunrise to after sunset, in slippery winters and scorching summers, the roof restorers of Paris toil away, replacing the zinc sheets that help ...
PARIS (AP) — From before sunrise to after sunset, in slippery winters and scorching summers, the roof restorers of Paris toil away, replacing the zinc sheets that help define the city’s famous ...
PARIS (AP) — UNESCO has listed the restoration techniques for the zinc roofs of Paris as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. The roof restorers toil away from before sunrise to after sunset ...
PARIS (AP) — From before sunrise to after sunset, in slippery winters and scorching summers, the roof restorers of Paris toil away, replacing the zinc sheets that help define the city’s famous ...
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