For its reopening, Notre-Dame de Paris will be getting new votive candles, all white with a blue wick, entirely biodegradable, and made by the Ciergerie de Lourdes, whose small factory is running at full capacity. ‘We've got a lot of tradition and know-how here (...), and it's all this that has probably also led Notre-Dame de Paris to make this choice", explains Guillaume de Vulpian, director of the Lourdes Sanctuary, which owns the candle factory. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES