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We will rebuild -- but it will take decades. I'm from Nantes, a city with a beautiful medieval cathedral. Its roof was entirely destroyed in a fire in 1972, in very similar circumstances. It took 40 years to rebuild.https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1117914466560036866 …
The good news is that nothing truly irreplaceable was lost. Cathedrals get perpetually rebuilt as part of their regular lifecycle - like the ship of Theseus. The spire that fell was a 1860 addition by Viollet-le-Duc. It's normally meant to be a more incremental process though...
Fun fact: when it comes to the Nantes cathedral, the 1972 fire that destroyed the roof was started by a roofer with a blowtorch, working on the finishing touches of restoration work that was addressing damage from... the 1944 allied bombings. Work is never over.
It took 13 years to rebuild the roof itself, but the complete restoration work only ended in 2008.
Désolé pour ce triste évènement 
courage pour la reconstruction.
I remember something even closer (2015) in Nanteshttps://www.lemonde.fr/police-justice/article/2015/06/15/une-basilique-en-feu-a-nantes_4654294_1653578.html …
A byproduct of these rebuilds is that many people become skilled in trades in the process. Skills that would otherwise disappear over time
I am mourning with you. When my wife and I visited, Notre Dame was one of our favorite places. I am sure you will build it back to where it once was and I can't wait to see it.
The deterioration was outpacing the so called renovations which were actually repairs. The rebuild will be done with current and advanced building standards and anti-fire system. the saved shell & bell towers may get re-enforced.
True, but some old antique items, paintings may be gone for ever.
French television spoke about Nantes, 13 years to rebuild.
To rebuild a roof, yes -- but the full restoration work only ended in 2008. To be fair, not all of it was related to the fire.
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