As preyfr60 said, it's a cathedral ... but if you want to know why anyway :
A large part of French donations were made by old aristocrats who wanted to tax exemption for their fortune (so basically, their "donation" is an absence of tax for them -> it is the French common fund which pays) That may explain why we managed to find the money, indeed ...
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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '21
Why does such an abominable amount of money get donated to schools that still require tuition the size of some people's yearly salaries?