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The historic Notre Dame cathedral was on fire
TheySlashThem
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that looks...a lot worse than the headlines suggested
Holy shit
the entire roof has collapsed
and it looks like the interior blaze is massive as well
the place might get gutted
this is incredibly tragic
Oh no, that’s terrible.
Officially deemed an accident, looks like.
If we were putting bets down I'd wager on poorly-executed flashing installation. It wouldn't be the first cathedral to burn down to it.
While not wholly focused on the structure, Lindsay Ellis's essay on The Hunchback of Notre Dame touches on why the structure has survived till even now.. and how important it is.
It sounds like it's going to be a total loss.
flashing installation?
is that something used for welding?
Honestly? I don't see any way they don't rebuild.
Probably leave the original cornerstone, or if any sections of it have enough of the framework in-tact, leave it as the "original" section. Rebuild the remainder as close to original as possible.
Tony Jay's song from the Disney movie is going to be tough to listen to now
Flashing is the metal bits along seams on a roof. On a regular house you can have single pieces, but on something as large as the cathedral they'd have to join the pieces in place, which a while back caused another cathedral to smoke and then catch.
They could have also been using torches or tar or something, but that's such an obvious mistake I can't imagine they made it (and also don't know if their roof would require it).
To be fair, the 300 year build time was due to the cost and knowledge of building materials and so on and so forth. A modern reconstruction of a gothic cathedral should go much, much faster, especially if the French gov't and its people get behind it.
The french are very invested in the building as one of the most important cultural landmarks in Paris and I would not be surprised if they spend a lot of money to rebuild and restore it as much as they can.
Oh, no doubt. I'm endlessly awestruck that they were able to built it at all with the technology they had at the time. With today's building techniques, it could be rebuilt fairly quickly, but it will never be the same wonder.
The only thing I worry about is views on religion are shifting around the globe right now.. but I also believe Notre Dame can transcend that, due to its position as a symbol of the French people and their strength.
Why can't it be? The Alamo is a major tourist attraction and cultural icon in Texas despite the fact that the vast majority of it had to be completely rebuilt after it was destroyed. Whether a building is in its original form or not, once it has become a symbol it will always be as it is, even if it's completely razed to the ground and rebuilt time and again. It won't stop being the Cathedral of Notre Dame
fuck
I didn't know the foundations and framework were made out of wood.
Whelp.
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