Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on fire.

[Sid]

Macron vows to rebuild Notre Dame cathedral after devastating fire

French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to rebuild Notre Dame with help from the international community after a devastating fire gutted the famous Catholic cathedral last night.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Terrible. Just Terrible.

 

[Tigger]

Possibly arson

 

[Sid]

Photo from a Dutch news site.
This does not look good for this hystorical landmark.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Cristiano]

On a completely related note, I was catching up with a friend and we were talking about her mom still going to church as a Catholic, and this happened (my texts are on the right):

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Look who's going to get a visit from Interpol.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

Asshat45 has advice for every situation. Right?


"And when California burns you threaten to take away federal support... "

 

[Ellen Cordeaux]

Oh this is horrible. I visited a few times in my youth, incredibly beautiful architecture. Man.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Asshat45 has advice for every situation. Right?


"And when California burns you threaten to take away federal support... "

 

[Sid]

I could not care less what the Donald thinks about this.
We might loose one of the important European landmarks tonight.

 

[Casey Pelous]

The spire has fallen and it doesn't look good. The whole roof looks to be gone, too -- and the walls aren't looking very straight any more.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Well, I guess I can mark something off my bucket list.... this is horrible. I might not be a Catholic anymore, but I love old architecture. I think my work break might be more than 15...

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Man, that's awful. The thing can be rebuilt, but so much is now lost. The rose windows were still the original stained-glass from like the mid-1200's.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

As long as the flying buttresses are standing... the choir has a chance. But if there's too much water on it, which cannot flow away, it might get problematic.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Oh, no! This is incredibly sad. I hope that everyone is okay. News reports appear to be saying nobody has been hurt.

 

[PandoraB]

Im not religious, but I love my Goth, and this was one of the most beautiful Gothic buildings in the world.

 

[Sid]

The Northern tower (one of the two main towers of the church) is burning as well and might collapse.
If that happens that will be pretty much the end of the Notre Dame, because the whole stability of the building will be pretty much gone then.

 

[Tigger]

The crowds are singing as they watch. Does anyone know what that song is?

 

[Daniel Voyager]

Absolutely heartbreaking