Four members of an underground “cultural guerrilla” movement
known as the Untergunther, whose purpose is to restore France's
cultural heritage, were cleared on Friday of breaking into the
18th-century monument in a plot worthy of Dan Brown or Umberto
Eco.
For a year from September 2005, under the nose of the
Panthéon's unsuspecting security officials, a group of
intrepid "illegal restorers" set up a secret workshop and lounge in
a cavity under the building's famous dome. Under the supervision of
group member Jean-Baptiste Viot, a professional clockmaker, they
pieced apart and repaired the antique clock that had been left to
rust in the building since the 1960s. Only when their clandestine
revamp of the elaborate timepiece had been completed did they reveal
themselves.
Via tryss, Undercover
restorers fix Paris landmark's clock
And speaking of clandestine
construction, what's up with the Europeans?
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