Notre Dame is burning.

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It looks like the fire is going down, at least modestly. I'm no engineer, but it looks like the stone frame, and hopefully some of the windows will stay intact. The bronze statues on the roof definitely were saved. The biggest question marks are the religious relics inside.

According to Australian TV news.

Crown of Thorns is gone.

Wood from the Crucifixion Cross is gone.

I find it hard to believe they would keep this stuff in the attic of a wooden building, but who knows.

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It looks like the fire is going down, at least modestly. I'm no engineer, but it looks like the stone frame, and hopefully some of the windows will stay intact. The bronze statues on the roof definitely were saved. The biggest question marks are the religious relics inside.

According to Australian TV news.

Crown of Thorns is gone.

Wood from the Crucifixion Cross is gone.

I find it hard to believe they would keep this stuff in the attic of a wooden building, but who knows.

It was reported earlier that they were saved, but there could be conflicting reports.

I know they reported earlier that recovering the artifacts was the top priority above containing the fire, and I have to imagine those had top priority unless they were kept in a particularly dangerous area.

https://twitter.com/koliadelesalle/status/1117865987670364160?s=21

Translation: “Good News: All the works of art have survived. Thee treasure of the cathedral, the crown of thorns, the holy sacraments”.


(At least I’m assuming that’s what ‘saints sacraments’ means, someone please correct me if I’m wrong.)

Clearly, not all of the artworks are saved. But looks like the major ones are now safe.



Hope they laser-scanned the spire.

But this cathedral has been looted and robbed before. This next one will be about the 4th major restoration attempt.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-16/notre-dame-cathedral-paris-engulfed-by-fire-roof-collapses/11018158

"It was ransacked by rioting Protestant Huguenots in the 16th century, pillaged again during the French Revolution of the 1790s and left in a state of semi-neglect."

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Donald Trump:

"The cause of the fire appears to be due to ...... RESTORATION.

Restoration....what's going on with that?"

The irony is that most of the restoration was funded by money from the USA.

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Anyway, the survival of the West End is, all things considered, something to be extraordinarily thankful for.

Yes, if there was a part of the cathedral that had to survive above all others, it was the West end.

Good to see some heart muscle from our French compratiots.

Is the cathedral in Amiens built in a similar fashion, and a possibility that is will also eventually suffer a similar fate?

I was under the impression it was larger in size.

 

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Remarkable:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfNHaBeirYc

If the spire fell on the walls, it may have been a different story.

The way the fire looked on the news, that is a great result.

$1 Billion dollars in donations should get some nice new bench seats.

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Great post Blue.

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The government also still insists on finishing the work in 5 years.

How long did the original building take to construct?