A special spotlight is now shining on their little-noticed skills: UNESCO inscribed the zinc roof restoration techniques on ...

The zinc roof restorers of Paris are celebrated as UNESCO recognizes their craft as an Intangible World Heritage. These workers, mostly young men, maintain the city's iconic skyline; they hope that ...

UNESCO recognises Parisian zinc roof restoration techniques as Intangible World Heritage, highlighting the skills that shape ...

Using welding techniques from the 1800s, they measure each new sheet of zinc so it fits the shape of the roof just right. Then they mount the often slippery roofs to affix the sheets to their new ...

UNESCO has listed the restoration techniques for the zinc roofs of Paris as an Intangible Cultural Heritage PARIS -- From before sunrise to after sunset, in slippery winters and scorching summers ...

From before sunrise to after sunset, in slippery winters and scorching summers, the roof restorers of Paris toil away, ...

Using welding techniques from the 1800s, they measure each new sheet of zinc so it fits the shape of the roof just right. Then they mount the often slippery roofs to affix the sheets to their new ...

PARIS (AP) — From before sunrise to after sunset, in slippery winters and scorching summers, the roof restorers of Paris toil away, replacing the zinc sheets that help define the city’s famous ...

(AP Photo/Louise Delmotte) Fantine Dekens, 21, cuts zinc sheets on the roof of a building in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte) A roofer works on a building in Paris ...