Microsoft to help France showcase Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral in digital replica


FILE PHOTO: A woman takes a picture with her smartphone, as people queue to visit the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral soon after it reopened after its restoration in Paris, France, December 27, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

(Reuters) -Microsoft is teaming up with the French government to create a digital replica of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral, France's most visited monument, the U.S. tech company's president, Brad Smith, said on Monday.

The 862-year-old Gothic masterpiece was reopened last December after a five-year restoration following a devastating fire in 2019.

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