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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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No, they WERE a scourge. Today they are important artificats in human history versus instruments of dogma, their intrinsic value has changed.
Hopefully won't be that extreme but what ever company was doing the renovations will never get another job again.
There may not be a single responsible individual. The fault can be in the equopment in the area of restoration, some machine/cable sparking out and starting flame even when nobody was arround.
Most of the treasures, like statues, are too heavy to carry out.... The vitrals are also lost. And how many things we're behind glass to protect them from thieves and tourists?
Terrible, should have visited when I had the chance.
Hopefully they manage to salvage some of it.
Hopefully they manage to salvage some of it.
It will be rebuild (one eay or the other), but its such a shame that some idiot accidentally set the thing on fire.
This is so awful. I got to visit it a couple years ago, and it was absolutely beautiful. Looking through pictures/videos I took when I was there, and I can't imagine so much of that beauty and history being gone now :(
Now I regret that I have never been to Paris although it's not that far away from Cologne. :-(
Hmm, did a quick search but it seems that the Notre Dame is one of the few 'really old' cathedrals that never had a fire before.
No that is the Kölner Dom, but both are gothic architecture and it's based on the architecture overall, both the Kölner Dom in Germany is our most visited landmark and Notre-Dame de Paris the most visited landmark in France.
Personally it made me think of Lords of Chaos (which is a mediocre movie at best)
fire developed on the structure around the cathedral for the restauration process..i suppose there's no anti fire system there
For real. This forum has an obsession with injecting this dude into everything. He's old news.
Not being nihilistic. I'm glad no one was hurt, but when it comes to buildings, nothing stands forever. ISIS destroyed thousands of Notre Dames in just the last decade throughout the middle east. I think it's best if people had perspective on things like this. It's all going to burn someday, so if you were meaning to go somewhere one day or see something, have that in mind.
Visited last summer but I didn't get to go inside. Shame it's gone now I hope the bell towers are fine.
You can be an atheist while admiring the history and artistic effort put into it.
There's no need to be a cunt.
Come on.... it's not that hard.
User Banned (1 Day): Backseat modding and hostility over multiple posts
Anyone making shitty jokes should be perma banned.
If you can't expect them to take Notre Dame burning with an ounce of seriousness, what hope do these people have for our community?
Wasn't the Crown of Thorns there? That's one of my favorite pieces of art ever. Heck, Notre Dame was somewhere I wanted to visited and see the artwork. I hope everyone is safe. Notre Dame :(
Surely now that they are destroyed in hell fire, people will give up on religion
