TF1 has broadcast a news report about the churches of the region Lorraine which are in danger of being demolished or sold. Some 3000 churches are currently thought to be in danger of demolition. View the report here, and read a report by the Fondation du Patrimoine about the situation of religious heritage buildings in France here.
Les édifices cultuels français sont estimés aujourd’hui à 50.000, situés sur 36.600 communes, dont 32.000 ont moins de 2.000 habitants. Depuis le début du siècle 19 églises auraient été démolies …
The problem has of course been signaled before, as the below video report from 22 December 1973 shows. Michel de Saint Pierre, author of “Eglises en ruine, eglises en peril” is interviewed about the dangers to this part of French cultural heritage.
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