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Fire breaks out at Notre Dame cathedral, developing situation [Update: major structural collapse - Art and other Assets Saved] (See Staff Post)
- Thread starter Smokeymicpot
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Has it burned down before? Someone was saying it was bombed out and restored, but then I saw another post saying that was another cathedral.
The structure was built so cavernously that all that burning roof is just collapsing back into the base of building. I struggle to think of what will be left.
The fire started at 18h50 local, the roof collapsed less than an hour later.
Whatever they managed to save is probably not a lot.
They are still attempting to take things out, mostly the paintings it seems (source is some dude from the paris diocese)
Indeed. It's not even the first time it burns. As a matter of fact like many cathedrals, it's not that well designed, and required several "patches" to avoid crumbling.
Sad for tourism, but well we'll just rebuild it.
From various angles it looks like the stone structure is holding up fairly well, but all that's going to be left inside is char.
I hope whatever's left is structurally sound enough to be rebuilt.
I hope whatever's left is structurally sound enough to be rebuilt.
That is extremely dangerous to use within a city and it would completely damage the building further
I hope that they can rebuilt, but a lot of posters have a point - the sculptures and paintings are probably lost already.
Plus, the cost will truly be inmense.
I just saw the footage from the spire going down.... This is terrible.
Plus, the cost will truly be inmense.
I just saw the footage from the spire going down.... This is terrible.
It's honestly a miracle it made it almost 900 years in tact. Think of all the amazing treasures that have fallen to disrepair, fire, earthquake centuries ago that we never saw.
My town has fire code laws for this exact situation, mandating that buildings can't be taller than the fire dept hoses/ladders can reach.
Of course, we have older buildings that got grandfathered in (not as old as Notre Dame of course), and in a fire, those buildings are just toast. Fire Dept would have to just let them burn down.
With that spire hanging over them the fire department would have to approached very carefully, even maybe not at all until the spire was secured/fallen.
I can't imagine. Knowing you destroyed almost 1000 years of history. I would be suicidal.
Same. I've only been twice, but it's getting to me big time. This is horrible.
I imagine anything on the catacombs is good to go, but everything on the main nave is gone if it's made of wood and will probably need quite large restoration work if it's metal. And as someone else said already, the grout could also be in danger, which makes the rock walls quite dangerous... (I can't quite remember so I'm just assuming there was a crypt or catacombs, anyway)
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This is incredibly upsetting to me, the cathedral was among the things my girlfriend cited most frequently when she was studying abroad in France. We were planning to go next year but now it looks like I'll never get to see it.
We spent almost an entire day discussing the architectural style of the building in my AP European History course. I remember falling in love with the design of the buttresses and the central spire. I even modeled it in Minecraft using schematics of the building.
To see the spire fall is just... Devastating to me.
We spent almost an entire day discussing the architectural style of the building in my AP European History course. I remember falling in love with the design of the buttresses and the central spire. I even modeled it in Minecraft using schematics of the building.
To see the spire fall is just... Devastating to me.
User banned (1 day): Trolling.
The only silver lining here is maybe this will stop people from using these "magic" trinkets to justify religious belief. Like imagine how much human progress has been slowed with nonsense like the Shroud of Turin wasting everyone's time.
The cathedral itself holds architectural and historical value, but these "treasures" are a scourge.