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Notre Dame Cathedral - Paris - on fire
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Very sad.
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The loss is of history and culture is gutwrenching. They will be able to repair the physical damage but it will never be restored to what it was yesterday.
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Unfathonable how much art and history was destroyed that will never be replaced.
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https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/...shed-in-series-of-french-church-attacks-94505
Edit: No idea yet if the ND fire was accident or intentional. I’m just pointing out that the Catholic Churchs in France, whether through intentional acts or accidents, have seen a big uptick in damage and fires in recent times.
Edit: No idea yet if the ND fire was accident or intentional. I’m just pointing out that the Catholic Churchs in France, whether through intentional acts or accidents, have seen a big uptick in damage and fires in recent times.
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Not sure why this article is posted, after PD asks what caused the Notre Dame fire. Might be related, might not. A bit too early to make this connection.
Tom M.
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Wasn’t replying specifically to PD (why I didn’t hit reply or quote in his thread), just a general reply to the thread. I’m simply pointing out that Churches all over France have been subject to fires and other forms of damage. Whether this latest fire was intentional or accidental remains to be seen, but either way, it compounds the pain the Church has seen in recent months in France.
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Good report on the national signifigance of Notre Dame:
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/notre-dam...cathedral-203400005--abc-news-topstories.html
"The city of Paris has vowed to rebuild"
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/notre-dam...cathedral-203400005--abc-news-topstories.html
"The city of Paris has vowed to rebuild"
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That Yahoo article is an excellent overview. Thanks for posting it.
Something just popped into what's left of my mind. The book "Is Paris Burning?", when von Choltitz disobeyed orders to destroy the city after the withdrawal of German troops in summer of 1944. Just after Liberation, de Gaulle went to Notre Dame for a mass. The sound of gunfire was heard during the celebration, as snipers and Vichy troops continued attacks.
Tom M.
Something just popped into what's left of my mind. The book "Is Paris Burning?", when von Choltitz disobeyed orders to destroy the city after the withdrawal of German troops in summer of 1944. Just after Liberation, de Gaulle went to Notre Dame for a mass. The sound of gunfire was heard during the celebration, as snipers and Vichy troops continued attacks.
Tom M.
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I thought it was a pretty good synopsis. "Survived the French Revolution, Survived WWII" (and more recently it escaped a failed bombing attempt in Sept 2016). But Paris and France have vowed to rebuild and at least one Billionare, François-Henri Pinault (CEO of Kering which owns Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent), has vowed to donate $100 Million towards the rebuilding.
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I've also read reports that there were not supposed to have been workers on the cathedral at that time, so who knows. Time will (hopefully) tell what the specific cause was. Regardless what the initial cause, I have to wonder whether all that scaffolding all around the building didn't make things buck worse?
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Yep - he was definitely off by a lot!
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