The gothic hall in the “Three Hierarchs”. Testimonial excerpts about the restoration coordinated by André Lecomte du Noüy and its destiny in the interwar period
The gothic hall in the “Three Hierarchs”. Testimonial excerpts about the restoration coordinated by André Lecomte du Noüy and its destiny in the interwar period

Summary/Abstract: We live with the feeling – at times folded into stripes of certainty – that the monuments we pass by and admire in the few breaks between daily struggles have always been there, patiently waiting to tell us a story or inspire us with a life lesson. It is illusory to think, though, that the urban landscape has always benefitted from their beauty. In this respect, one such unwanted and misfortunate proof is the Gothic Hall. During the last two centuries, the building in the “Three Hierarchs” churchyard showed its splendour only for mere decades. For the rest of the many years, it was a ruin and a reason for administrative and construction site tensions.

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