Notre Dame

[023mjc]

Notre Dame cathedral is totally destroyed by fire.  What a tragic fate for such an iconic building.

[margaret*e]

Very sad.🙄

[cee-dee]

Absolutely tragic!

[right-then-petal]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-47942176

[suzieseaside]

So sad to see such a beautiful building burn.
Apparently one fireman was seriously injured although that was not mentioned in some news reports.
Hard to believe that the amazing stained glass rose window could have survived that intense heat but some reports suggest it has. I hope so.

[al**bear]

All the Fireman concentrated on stopping the fire from reaching The iconic Bell Towers and the rest of the frontage of the Cathedral. Most of the relics from inside the Cathedral were in storage or on loan, due to the restoration work that was under way. The scaffolding erected for that restoration, seems to have protected & held up the Walls during the Fire.

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The Pumpkin muppet in White House, gave the French some advice -

'You could water bomb it from an airplane' 

and this Man is the most Powerful idiot on the Planet, please save us

[astrologica]

I hope the window has survived too Suzie..it was a beautiful window, and the thing I most remember from when I visited the Cathedral a few years ago. Notre Dame means so much to the French people...it's so sad for them to see this happen.

[vamo48]

It was a very sad sight, especially the collapse of the beautiful spire.  The one good thing is it was not full of visitors at the time.  I have since seen two reports mentioning a fireman being "slightly" injured, let's hope that is the correct version.

[cee-dee]

The three Rose windows have survived.

[cee-dee]

They've asked for architects to submit designs for a replacement spire????

I hop they don't go for a futuristic "modern" design. The one just lost was a 19th century addition so should they:-

1/ Not have a spire at all because one wasn't there originally.

2/ Replace the spire with an identical copy of the one just lost.

3/ Go for whatever design is "preferred".

As to the roof, do you think they should go for an exact copy in wood and lead of what's been lost or go for the same shape/size/look but use lighter steel beams instead of wood?

[fallen-archie]

Personally I don’t really care as what is lost is lost therefore what replaces it should be sympathetic but not necessarily identical, as long as the end result reflects the true nature of the church so be it!

[**bustysinclaire**]

The loss is now another piece of history.