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Over 60 per cent of the roofs in Paris are made of zinc.

Video. Can Paris’s historic zinc roofs be adapted to rising temperatures?

Updated: 23/11/2024 - 9:43 GMT+1

Over 60 per cent of roofs in the French capital are made of the sheet metal.

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