Never a good thing to hear.Also reporting that one firefighter has been seriously injured.
Never a good thing to hear.Also reporting that one firefighter has been seriously injured.
They think it has to do with the restoration workUnbelievable, isn’t it?
The famous organ with it as well.They will be able to rebuild it but most likely the historic interior will be lost.
So the walls and towers remain but presumably everything inside, including the rose windows, destroyed. It can be restored I suppose but it’s shocking to see one of Europe’s iconic buildings go up in flames on a peaceful, ordinary Monday evening.28s ago 21:59
Main structure "saved and preserved"
Notre-Dame’s main structure has been “saved and preserved”, a Paris fire official has told AFP.
That way the construction company can start right back up again. Look at the ties the company has! Who is investing in it? Who will make money of of this?? Dark conspiracies!Maybe a stupid question but how come the scaffholding is so intact after being in the middle of hours of intense burning?
If that company caused the accident they will be out of businessThat way the construction company can start right back up again. Look at the ties the company has! Who is investing in it? Who will make money of of this?? Dark conspiracies!
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- 1170: Existence of a cathedral schooloperating at Notre-Dame. This corporation of teachers and students will evolve in 1200 into the University of Paris in an edict by King Philippe-Auguste.
- 1185: Heraclius of Caesarea calls for the Third Crusade from the still-incomplete cathedral.
- 1239: The Crown of Thorns is placed in the cathedral by St. Louis during the construction of the Sainte-Chapelle.
- 1302: Philip the Fair opens the first Estates General.
- 16 December 1431: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France.[32]
- 7 November 1455: Isabelle Romée, the mother of Joan of Arc, petitions a papal delegation to overturn her daughter's conviction for heresy.
- 1 January 1537: James V of Scotland is married to Madeleine of France
- 24 April 1558: Mary, Queen of Scots is married to the Dauphin Francis (later Francis II of France), son of Henry II of France.
- 18 August 1572: Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) marries Margaret of Valois. The marriage takes place not in the cathedral but on the parvis of the cathedral, as Henry IV is Protestant.[33]
- 10 September 1573: The Cathedral was the site of a vow made by Henry of Valoisfollowing the interregnum of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that he would both respect traditional liberties and the recently passed religious freedom law.[34]
- 10 November 1793: the Festival of Reason.
- 2 December 1804: the coronation ceremony of Napoleon I and his wife Joséphine, with Pope Pius VII officiating.
- 1831: The novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame was published by French author Victor Hugo.
- 1900: Louis Vierne is appointed organist of Notre-Dame de Paris after a heavy competition (with judges including Charles-Marie Widor) against the 500 most talented organ players of the era. On 2 June 1937Louis Vierne dies at the cathedral organ (as was his lifelong wish) near the end of his 1750th concert.
- 11 February 1931: Antonieta Rivas Mercadoshot herself at the altar with a pistol that was the property of her lover Jose Vasconcelos. She died instantly.
- 26 August 1944: The Te Deum#ServiceMass takes place in the cathedral to celebrate the liberation of Paris. (According to some accounts the Mass was interrupted by sniper fire from both the internal and external galleries.)
- 12 November 1970: The Requiem Mass of General Charles de Gaulle is held.
- 26 June 1971: Philippe Petit surreptitiously strings a wire between the two towers of Notre-Dame and tight-rope walks across it. Petit later performed a similar act between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
- 31 May 1980: After the Magnificat of this day, Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass on the parvis of the cathedral.
- January 1996: The Requiem Mass of François Mitterrand is held.
Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.That way the construction company can start right back up again. Look at the ties the company has! Who is investing in it? Who will make money of of this?? Dark conspiracies!
Jet fuel can't melt steel beams!Maybe a stupid question but how come the scaffholding is so intact after being in the middle of hours of intense burning?
Yet more deja vu!Jet fuel can't melt steel beams!
feck you Steve!!
It's not so simple.To think of how many times that building survived war and to vanish like that, it is inexcusable. Frankly if this is just “human error”... then someone has to pay for mismanagement.
The spire tower went down as well though. :/So the walls and towers remain but presumably everything inside, including the rose windows, destroyed. It can be restored I suppose but it’s shocking to see one of Europe’s iconic buildings go up in flames on a peaceful, ordinary Monday evening.
you know quasimodo predicted all dis
The spire though was one of the least historically important parts of the church. It was only from the 19th century - I wonder if it collapsing and opening up part of the roof with it is that was caused the fire to flare up so much because you now suddenly have a massive hole for oxygen to add fuel to the fire.The spire tower went down as well though. :/
Stolen from reddit:Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.
They ll just come up with a new name and pull a Haliburton.If that company caused the accident they will be out of business
Yes, sadly, by the sounds of it they have gone.So the walls and towers remain but presumably everything inside, including the rose windows, destroyed. It can be restored I suppose but it’s shocking to see one of Europe’s iconic buildings go up in flames on a peaceful, ordinary Monday evening.
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This is my thoughts as well, as distressing as the images are, the place is still only bricks and mortar (and alot of wood), the main thing is that no one died.What a pity, I'm sorry for the Parisiens. And curiously at Easter. What a coincidence!!
The important thing is that nobody has died. They can use the analogy of Easter, death and resurrection to start with hope a new project
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Er, the spire wasn’t made of steel. Wood, covered in lead.Why did the spire fall if jet fuel can't melt steel?
There was also no jet fuel.....Er, the spire wasn’t made of steel. Wood, covered in lead.
Rouen Cathedral’s spire is made of cast iron.
If you watch closely the spire actually falls before any fire gets to it. Hmm seems fishy.Why did the spire fall if jet fuel can't melt steel?
Can jet fuel melt wood?Er, the spire wasn’t made of steel. Wood, covered in lead.
Rouen Cathedral’s spire is made of cast iron.
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You can see a pompier at the bottom of the photo so quite possibly legit. It would be absolutely remarkable given the pictures we all saw earlier.
It's gone, apparently, as is at least one of the rose windows. The hope is for the one window I posted above which seems to still be at least partially intact, but there seems to be worries about structural integrity.As I had hoped. Looks like the roof burned itself out and the stone vault protected the inside of the building. The bit that collapsed was obviously down to the spire falling.
I really hope the organ hasn’t been too badly damaged. A friend who is a cathedral organist in the UK spend last August playing it and is absolutely distraught.
Edit: apologies for the 9/11 conspiracy allusions going completely over my head
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