It's hundreds of years old and is considered a cultural, architectural, religious, and general historical icon for France. It's witnessed the French revolution, Napoleon, World War 1, World War 2, and literally everything else since construction began in 1163. Its the most visited historical site in France iirc. In many ways it is a representation of France. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
To be brief.
As far as I can tell, the towers seem to be safe now. The fire is being contained within the back of the cathedral.
They should be arrested before they cut someone with that edge
https://twitter.com/GreggFavre/status/1117847726786371585
Pretty good thread from a former firefighter explaining what sort of challenges a fire in a building like the Notre Dame Cathedral presents to firefighters working to manage and extinguish the flames.
One of the oldest in France, also breddy fucken yuge. Considered to be the center point of Paris and shit.
Oh well, when (and if!) they rebuild it I hope improvements will be made
I don't have the tweets, but the BBC stream (through CBS) said 2 things:
The frame is saved and preserved
One of the firefighters was badly injured
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/236390889335816192/567450836964212737/1555358069809.png
Found on 4chan, don't know the author, sadly
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https://twitter.com/haynesdeborah/status/1117894200257908736
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1117894472002490368
I'm glad the stone frame survived, goes to show the quality of the architecture really. All that stain glass gone is still horrific to think about, was it as old as the structure itself?
Some of the glass was original, some had been replaced throughout it's history for various reasons.
Has this been posted yet cus holy shit
https://twitter.com/Inaki_Gil/status/1117868382785802242
From what I've heard, the roof is a total loss, but the stone roofing underneath it is fine. Because of the renovations that were taking place, a lot of stuff that's normally in the cathedral wasn't, like statues in the spire, which are fine. The main building itself is fine. One stained glass window is a loss but I think the others are salvageable. The only real loss was the spire, and the top roof, which was built in the 1800's. Pretty much everything else was either saved or just not present
Fuck man, I was already pretty emotional, but for some reason, this... seeing the people singing like this is tipping me over, it's utterly heartbreaking.
This picture made me stop and evaluate. Putting Quasimodo in made me actually stop and look at what is really happening.
Going off the drone pic and what they've been saying, it sounds like all the wood structure inside is burning. What is left is basically the stone supports and exterior. Sounds like they were worried about the bell tower but it's been contained.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5rusicEnc
This is probably kinda stupid of me to ask, considering how the whole structure is super important, but do you think the Gargoyles survived the fire?
They were super old and weathered from age, but with the collapse of the rooftops and the spire, i'm super concerned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-XONxvdq4Y
The building isn't a total loss, that means Notre Dame 2: Catholic Boogaloo
Dame, this is notre good day for France...
technically its like notre dame 4
https://facebook.com/Notre.Dame.Secrete/photos/a.289581798529448/405556520265308/
This will be hard to top for picture of the year.
I'm literally crying right now.
Mes plus sincères sympathies à mes camarades français.
Still wrecked by this. I think the sight of the spire falling and exploding in flames will be carved in my memory forever. Outside of all the reasons this is a disaster, I always absolutely loved gothic architecture, I studied it a lot out of interest and for my job, it feels so awfully wrong to see it go in flames and crumble.
Hope the firefighter recovers
I'm incredibly saddened by this. I'm just glad that besides the collapsed tower, most of it is intact and restoreable.
Also now, more than ever, I'm glad I got to see the place in person during my lifetime, before anything happened to it.
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