Notre Dame on fire (1 Viewer)

Gazolba

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Key Historical Facts and Dates
  • A Gallo-Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter and two early medieval churches once stood on Notre Dame's foundations.
  • Construction of the cathedral began in 1163. Hundreds of laborers and artisans toiled for nearly 200 years to complete the masterpiece of early gothic architecture.
  • Notre Dame was pillaged and seriously damaged during the French Revolution of the late 18th-century. 19th-century restorations led by Viollet-le-Duc replicated much of the damaged stain glass, statuary, and the cathedral's distinctive spire.
  • During the French Revolution, Notre Dame was temporarily converted to a "Temple of Reason".
Makes you wonder why God allowed it to happen. It's his house after all.
"God works in mysterious ways" is the usual answer.
 

Captain Dart

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I'm sure some rich Catholic families can find the dosh to rebuild. Rees Mogg's lot for instance.

Don't get me wrong, it should be rebuilt.
 

Gazolba

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So the Church does not have to have fire insurance like the rest of us have to have?
 

Gazolba

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Anyway, glad to see they're opening it up as a competition to replace the spire, rather than just replicate. Buildings should evolve, progress - not just be fixed in one point in time.
If you read my earlier thread, the spire was not original anyway, it had been replaced at least once before.
 

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