Saint-Jean Cathedral’s new face

30 November 2011 - Events - France

In Lyons (central France), the external façade of Saint-Jean Cathedral, as restored by Comte (VINCI Construction France), was inaugurated on 15 October last in the presence of Michel Mercier, Minister of Justice and Liberties and President of the General Council of the Rhône department, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, and Jean-François Carenco, Prefect of the Rhône-Alpes region. During the ceremony, Ahmed Benzizine, a general foreman at Comte who has worked for several years on this restoration project, and whose face, last year, served as a model for one of the gargoyles, was appointed a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.