How France is leveraging a lottery to finance historic preservation

From the Eiffel Tower to the Palace of Versailles, France is famous for iconic monuments and other structures. But the country also faces a large and growing challenge with protecting and preserving its lesser-known historic sites, many of which have suffered decades or even centuries of neglect. Jeffrey Brown reports from France on an experiment in raising new funds to support the cause.

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