Notre Dame in Paris to be mapped digitally by Microsoft


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A woman snaps a photo on her smartphone as visitors queue outside Paris’s newly restored Notre-Dame Cathedral last December. Photo: Reuters

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is to be digitally mapped by US tech giant Microsoft, with every detail of its Gothic sculptures captured.

The project is expected to take at least a year and cost several million dollars, Microsoft President Brad Smith told magazine Le Point on Monday.

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