Notre Dame, both as an icon and as an actual, physical building, is irreplaceable, with a history as grand as the spire that collapsed in the blaze.
By Emily Tamkin Emily Tamkin Reporter covering foreign affairs Email Bio Follow April 16 at 8:48 AM When Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral was heavily damaged by flames on Monday, much of one of the most famed examples of Gothic architecture — a building that has seen centuries of history and is a symbol of France — went up in smoke.
The landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral burns on April 15, 2019, in central Paris. Construction of Notre Dame, which was built on the ruins of earlier churches, began in 1163, when Pope Alexander III laid the foundation stone. It wasn’t completed until 1345. But while the building itself is considered by many to be a work of art, the cathedral houses irreplaceable works of art, too. Some of it was taken out recently for restoration.In the cathedral, there are statues: At the Mausoleum of Claude-Henry d’Harcourt, the lieutenant-general of the king’s armies who died at age 65 is captured eternally in a white marble sculpture from 1776.
According to a Notre Dame priest during the fire, all of the art work had been removed. French Minister of Culture Franck Riester later clarified that religious relics had been saved and some of the art work inside had suffered smoke damage but was being taken to the Louvre for restoration.
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