Notre-Dame Cathedral Fire

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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Stupid thing to speculate on now. But any chance they could restore/rebuild it as an exact replica?

    Guess the cost would be to huge these days to undertake such a thing maybe...
    I am watching CBS News...that question was brought up.  As part of the renovation, they documented the entire building which will be very useful in reconstruction...
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  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    Apparently all/most the artwork has been saved 
  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,961
    edited April 2019
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Stupid thing to speculate on now. But any chance they could restore/rebuild it as an exact replica?

    Guess the cost would be to huge these days to undertake such a thing maybe...
    I saw a tweet saying that it will be rebuilt, no details. Many cathedrals/places of worship were destroyed in the bombings in WW2 and were rebuilt. The tweeter said that spire that just went down was from the 1800s. I'll see if I can find the tweet again, hope I got those details right.

    If you search Twitter for "rebuilt"...there are many.
    https://twitter.com/jakebackpack/status/1117848805171286016

    Post edited by Kat on
    Falling down,...not staying down
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,815
    Aw man.  Terrible.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,479
    Kat said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Stupid thing to speculate on now. But any chance they could restore/rebuild it as an exact replica?

    Guess the cost would be to huge these days to undertake such a thing maybe...
    I saw a tweet saying that it will be rebuilt, no details. Many cathedrals/places of worship were destroyed in the bombings in WW2 and were rebuilt. The tweeter said that spire that just went down was from the 1800s. I'll see if I can find the tweet again, hope I got those details right.

    That's nice. Instead of "now we'll fit a scryscraper here"
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    An expert on CBS News says he doubts they were able to save much artwork or artifacts...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,961
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Kat said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Stupid thing to speculate on now. But any chance they could restore/rebuild it as an exact replica?

    Guess the cost would be to huge these days to undertake such a thing maybe...
    I saw a tweet saying that it will be rebuilt, no details. Many cathedrals/places of worship were destroyed in the bombings in WW2 and were rebuilt. The tweeter said that spire that just went down was from the 1800s. I'll see if I can find the tweet again, hope I got those details right.

    That's nice. Instead of "now we'll fit a scryscraper here"
    Well, it's Twitter and there are some icky posts too. Most are on the high road though.

    Falling down,...not staying down
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,309
    Sad to see history go up in flames.

    I don't know how you can truly rebuild something that historic if it is a total loss.  It would just be a replica.  Might as will rebuild it in Nashville next to the Parthenon.
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  • Longueuil
    Longueuil Posts: 2,224
    edited April 2019
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Stupid thing to speculate on now. But any chance they could restore/rebuild it as an exact replica?

    Guess the cost would be to huge these days to undertake such a thing maybe...
    I guess it will depend of what they will be able to save.

    They used to say that a fire under the roof would be catastophic... they were right. http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/en/la-cathedrale/architecture/la-charpente/

    Post edited by Longueuil on
  • Tristelune
    Tristelune Posts: 318
    They saved artworks at the beginning (they’re located on the ground floor) but the next hours will be critical and I hope it won’t collapse. I lived there and have no doubt it will be rebuilt but this will be a very long process, probably talking about decades.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,479
    Kat said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Stupid thing to speculate on now. But any chance they could restore/rebuild it as an exact replica?

    Guess the cost would be to huge these days to undertake such a thing maybe...
    I saw a tweet saying that it will be rebuilt, no details. Many cathedrals/places of worship were destroyed in the bombings in WW2 and were rebuilt. The tweeter said that spire that just went down was from the 1800s. I'll see if I can find the tweet again, hope I got those details right.

    Maybe they can do one small adjustment:


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Longueuil
    Longueuil Posts: 2,224
    At this moment, in the circumstances, it's not funny,
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,479

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    Not at all :‘( 
  • Longueuil
    Longueuil Posts: 2,224
    OH SHIT! Look like we are watching the last moment of Note-Dame... :confounded:
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,479
    Longueuil said:
    OH SHIT! Look like we are watching the last moment of Note-Dame... :confounded:
    Yep. That is horrendous 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Stupid thing to speculate on now. But any chance they could restore/rebuild it as an exact replica?

    Guess the cost would be to huge these days to undertake such a thing maybe...

    Apparently, an art historian made detailed 3D laser maps of the entire building. So if they choose to rebuild, there are indeed maps of every detail.

    Nonetheless, it is a terrible loss.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,479
    edited April 2019
    General Gallet: "We can now consider that both Notre Dame towers are saved." "We now have to cool down different points, it'll take a few hours, but Notre-Dame's structure is saved."
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    General Gallet: "We can now consider that both Notre Dame towers are saved." "We now have to cool down different points, it'll take a few hours, but Notre-Dame's structure is saved."
    It is a small comfort but pretty much anything wooden that remained from the Middle Ages is gone 
  • Longueuil
    Longueuil Posts: 2,224
    An empty shell, like an Easter egg...

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