French general in charge of Notre-Dame rebuild dies in mountain fall
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 6:11 am
French general in charge of Notre-Dame rebuild dies in mountain fall
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The French army general appointed by Emmanuel Macron to oversee the reconstruction of the fire-ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral has died while hiking in the Pyrénées.
Mountain gendarmes discovered the body of Jean-Louis Georgelin, 74, the former chief of the defence staff, after he failed to return to a mountain refuge on Friday.
He is believed to have fallen on Mount Valier, near the Faustin pass in the Ariège, south-west France, at an altitude of 2,650 metres.
The public prosecutor’s office in Foix confirmed on Saturday the body had been formally identified and that the death was being treated as an accident.
Macron tweeted on Saturday: “With the death of General Jean-Louis Georgelin, the nation has lost one of its great soldiers, France one of its great servants and Notre-Dame the master manager of its renaissance.”
Read more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... ntain-fall
The French army general appointed by Emmanuel Macron to oversee the reconstruction of the fire-ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral has died while hiking in the Pyrénées.
Mountain gendarmes discovered the body of Jean-Louis Georgelin, 74, the former chief of the defence staff, after he failed to return to a mountain refuge on Friday.
He is believed to have fallen on Mount Valier, near the Faustin pass in the Ariège, south-west France, at an altitude of 2,650 metres.
The public prosecutor’s office in Foix confirmed on Saturday the body had been formally identified and that the death was being treated as an accident.
Macron tweeted on Saturday: “With the death of General Jean-Louis Georgelin, the nation has lost one of its great soldiers, France one of its great servants and Notre-Dame the master manager of its renaissance.”