To be honest the structure looks better than we could have hoped. What a job the firefighters did.
Oh, they said on the news that the bronze statues were removed earlier for the restoration without further explanation. I understand what they meant now, that's a relief. Thanks for the picture.
damn money aint worth much now a days... hope a few other billionaires do it also..100 millions was the cost of the spire's renovation.
So yeah,it's really not enough.
damn money aint worth much now a days... hope a few other billionaires do it also..
Part of the roof collapsed into the room and is seen smoldering but there was no fire in the room itself, just the roof.
Like, are there takes about how only physical visitors to Notre Dame can mourn and appreciate its loss vs those who have only seen and heard of it through photos and stories? No, so why single out video games as unworthy then?
While that is disgusting, I'm a little confused by the date.
1,300 year old? Wasn't construction started in 1160 (mid 12th century)? That's about 500 years less...
Maybe. While it's a small detail and deters nothing from the rest of the tweet itself (which is an important wake up call to what the alt-right are doing as we speak) the "age" really threw me off.Maybe they're confusing the age for the date when it was first completed, which was 1345.
Amazing that externally, it looks unharmed apart from a bit of smoke damage in the top centre
Of course! And I'm so happy those guys, and apparently the gargoyles, were "out of town", as it were.
Idd. Even the big stained glass window survived the heat it seems. It's a comforting picture to wake up to. Even though I know the damage is enormous, it's not a total loss and at least from the outside everything apart from the roof and spire has survived.
For the big windows, it's hard to tell. They did not shatter yes. But with the soot and everything, we can't really know if the heat did damaged the glass or not.
They can have stayed in place with the interior faces being partially melted for all we know.
I can't speak to your past posts but this one reads like you felt a compulsion to get on your soapbox and talk about how important or valid video games are as a medium.It really bothered me when in response to the mention of Assassin's Creed Unity concerning Notre Dame, a few people criticized mentioning it as in bad taste or mocked it for inclusion in discussing it's memory. Im not too sure why the video game is supposed to be devalued vs photos, or videos of Notre Dame simply since it's a game, and therefore isn't worthy of conveying a bit of Notre Dame's glory apparently despite Ubisoft's wish to try and emulate the sheer scale of it to a new audience.
Like, are there takes about how only physical visitors to Notre Dame can mourn and appreciate its loss vs those who have only seen and heard of it through photos and stories? No, so why single out video games as unworthy then?
It's particularly annoying as VR expands and lowers it's cost barrier, we will have new ways of transporting people to sights and places they might never see in their lifetime, and Notre Dame would make a amazing VR experience, a way to bring people closer to history, but Unity gets mocked for exposing new audiences to Revolutionary France.
The LVMH concern (Louis Vuitton, Moët & Chandon, Hennessy etc) also pledged 200 million euros. I'm sure more will follow.damn money aint worth much now a days... hope a few other billionaires do it also..
The comments on twitter were 90% whining about a pun that is on point.
News from France : the fire is extinguish inside the cathedrale
News from France : the fire is extinguish inside the cathedrale
Well that's Gothic architecture. Those that didn't fall down immediately during construction were built to last.Amazing that externally, it looks unharmed apart from a bit of smoke damage in the top centre
That not even a pun. It's just so clever yet sad...The comments on twitter were 90% whining about a pun that is on point.
Word play, whatever.
Very unfortunate incident. I really hope this was an accident, and not something malicious, or else this is going to become a shitshow to say the least.
Too soon to be absolutely certain, but everything points to an accidental fire because of the renovation works they had going.have not been following this news....have they determined the cause of the fire yet?
have not been following this news....have they determined the cause of the fire yet?
I feel like I've seen something similar in many post-apocalyptic games/movies/series.
The fire was all above the stone vaulted roof. It didn't get hot enough below to melt the lead or crack the glass.