reported<\/a> that the statue of St. Paul dates to the 19th century, when the cathedral underwent significant restoration.
The site was originally home to one of the seven collegiate churches of Li\u00e8ge, a city in the east of Belgium. It was designated as a cathedral in 1804 after the city\u2019s St. Lambert\u2019s Cathedral was destroyed following the French Revolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2020 \/ 01:00 pm (CNA).- A construction crane knocked the head and torso off a statue of St. Paul atop Li\u00e8ge Cathedral in Belgium Monday.
\nCathoBel, the official website of the Catholic Church in Francophone Belgium, reported that the accident occurred in the early afternoon on Dec. 7 as the cathedral, which is dedicated to St. Paul, was nearing the end of five years of restoration work.
\nUn \u00e9norme bruit \u00e0 Li\u00e8ge: une grue d\u00e9capite la statue de la Cath\u00e9drale Saint-Paul, la t\u00eate traverse le toit et tombe pr\u00e8s de l\u2019entr\u00e9e principale! https:\/\/t.co\/qb9pIk5zps
\n\u2014 Sudpresse (@sudpresseonline) December 7, 2020<\/p>\n
The crane separated the head and upper body from the statue, causing them to plunge through the cathedral\u2019s roof and become lodged in a hole that they created in the building\u2019s ceiling.
\nPhotographs showed that the broken statue was partially visible from inside the cathedral, embedded in a brightly decorated vaulted ceiling.
\n1 minute plus tard, je ne le racontais pas ? ! ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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CathoBel, the official website of the Catholic Church in Francophone Belgium, reported that the accident occurred in the early afternoon on Dec. 7 as the cathedral, which is dedicated to St. Paul, was nearing the end of five years of restoration work. Un \u00e9norme bruit \u00e0 Li\u00e8ge: une grue d\u00e9capite la statue de la Cath\u00e9drale Saint-Paul, la t\u00eate traverse le toit et tombe pr\u00e8s de l\u2019entr\u00e9e principale! https:\/\/t.co\/qb9pIk5zps \u2014 Sudpresse (@sudpresseonline) December 7, 2020 The crane separated the head and upper body from the statue, causing them to plunge through the cathedral\u2019s roof and become lodged in a hole that they created in the building\u2019s ceiling. 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