It has no spire, stained glass windows or nave but the cavernous underground stormwater facility inaugurated on Thursday in the French capital ahead of the Paris Olympics has been compared to Notre Dame Cathedral. The giant new structure, burrowed 30 metrers (100 feet) under the ground next to ...
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