I doubt they'd have to completely demolish it, cathedrals apart from their roofs are quite fire resistant. A great number of cathedrals were completely bombed out during WW2, yet their structure remained standing and were renovated.
Besides it's a very historically significant building, so I guess great strides will be made to salvage the structure.
I don't mean to sound rude or insensitive, I'm actually curious, but why are you so emotionally invested in it?
Most old town buildings in any European city are sturdy as hell, prone to fires in their long history, and with rebuilds being common.
But still this is heartbreaking.
Not him, but it sucks to see such a significant historical landmark damaged / destroyed.
i'm not that dumb, I looked from a mile away on a bridge. the area is obviously locked down anyway
A building that's been around for nearly 1000 years and is known around the world as part of Paris is a genuinely sad sight to see, all that history quite literally going up in flames
This is gonna be a moment people talk about for hundreds of years, we're witnessing the end of a cultural icon.
I imagine all that stained glass is as good as gone if heat gets to it
https://twitter.com/vladogb/status/1117848379638173696?s=19
This is breaking my heart
I'm at a loss for words, this is horrible. Just goes to show you can never do too much to protect our history.
I'm optimistic that it will be rebuilt and restored, getting the funds that it's been struggled to collect for some time.
Saw the spire collapse and the fire surge. Everyone gasped, people are crying everywhere. Wrecked myself
The roof is 800 years old, it was authentic, as well as a lot of the inside. The spire was 150 years old iirc.
I'd imagine this fire is probably mostly contained to the roof and possibly some stuff inside like the pews, etc. Since the building is, like, 75% stonework I'd wager that a good majority of the glass probably won't get hit too badly. But yeah, it's probably lead solder-based stained glass which won't last terribly long in heat.
It has been around for some 800 years in her small river island, being there when the Bastille was reduced to rubble, when the old town was renewed into the now familiar Parisian look, when the nazis took over the country and the resistance kept fighting.
It was already half a millenium old when Victor Hugo made a now classical novel set in it.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4NmgTsWAAABkJo.jpg:large
The only upside is that this will make good album art someday
I feel like everyone in France died a little inside today
This is sickening and heart wrenching
It's worth noting that it got sacked and partly destroyed during the revolution and it went on to be repaired later. I'm sure the same thing can happen, as long as it doesn't completely fall to ruin.
This will be a major event in the buildings history, but I don't think it will be the end. It will go on in some capacity. No way France would think of tearing down the stone structure. (This day and age)
From what I gather, it is the French state the one in charge of temples and prayer-related buildings built before 1905. They will restore it. As long as they get to control the damage.
Still, that bunch of lead burning ought to be bad for the Parisians.
The surrounding area is getting coated in embers so there's also the risk that the fire may catch onto more things and spread.
As a lover of history, it destroys me seeing something that has been around for 800 years has been destroyed. On a religious level, I'm pretty gutted and feeling sick at the moment. I was raised around several large cathedrals in NY, and seeing one as special as Notre Dame going up in flames is... Really something I cannot put into words.
Even though the fire was more than likely accidentally started, the guy that caused it will be living with this for the rest of his life.
and a FUCKton of money
The whole frame is burning now
Ironically enough a major theme of Hugo's novel was that Notre Dame would endure and watch. Surviving long after the mortals who had inhabited her crumble to dust. Hugo fell in love with the gothic building and viewed it as something that deserved to live forever.
just in: All of Notre Dame's frame is burning, including the entire interior
from a Church spokesman
The stonework will most likely survive, but the spires and roof are gone and I'm worried about the priceless artifacts inside. Firefighters have been prioritizing evacuating artifacts before deploying water apparently so hopefully the loss will be relatively minor...
Hell, I'm remembering the Disney version, where it was presented just like that, as the one that endures and watches, and I'm getting a damn uneasy feeling. As if something that should be was being defiled.
I honestly really hope the one who accidentally started this doesn't have his/her name disclosed to the public.
Just imagine the torrent of hatred that would get sent their way for an accident with such grave consequences.
This isn't certain.
Remember, this is not reinforced concrete, but weathered sandstone and granite mix, held together by wooden traverses inside the walls and centuries old mortar. The masonry will suffer.
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