Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47941794)
The main part is gone and there are reports of fire in one of the two towers :'(
Images of the blaze at Notre-Dame in Paris (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47936445)
(https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/A308/production/_106463714_053452539-1.jpg)
Sad... Still haven't heard what started it.
Quote from: joeactor on April 15, 2019, 08:48:16 PM
Sad... Still haven't heard what started it.
No detail. Presumption is that it is something to do with the restoration work being carried out. But at this point that is simple speculation.
One of the towers is now visible on fire.
Saw this on the news. :'(
I climbed to the top in 1987. Paris won't be the same without it. Hope the walls survive.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on April 15, 2019, 09:39:48 PM
I climbed to the top in 1987. Paris won't be the same without it. Hope the walls survive.
It will be rebuilt.
Quote from: Tank on April 15, 2019, 09:42:23 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on April 15, 2019, 09:39:48 PM
I climbed to the top in 1987. Paris won't be the same without it. Hope the walls survive.
It will be rebuilt.
Hope you are correct, but what a project!
Wow! That's a tragedy.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on April 15, 2019, 10:00:02 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 15, 2019, 09:42:23 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on April 15, 2019, 09:39:48 PM
I climbed to the top in 1987. Paris won't be the same without it. Hope the walls survive.
It will be rebuilt.
Hope you are correct, but what a project!
Macron has committed France to rebuilding it. Apparently a lot of the historic artefacts had been removed due to the renovation. The basic structure appears to have survived. The wooden structures holding the bells remained intact.
One fireman was badly injured other than that there were no casualties.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/16/business/francois-henri-pinault-bernard-arnault-notre-dame-donation/index.html
French billionaires pledge to support the rebuilding. $450,000,000 pledged so far. May take $700,000,000 to rebuild.
Over $800,000,000 now. Corporations are fighting over giving money.
Yeah...they're not going to have a problem rebuilding the cathedral.
I have the greatest respect for the brilliant art, architecture, and engineering competence of the the cathedral Some nine hundred years ago, at the beginning of so magnificent a project, it was and remains a credit to human creativity. What it really is, is not a monument to the God of the ages, but to the ego of man.