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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNotre Dame -- Paris police chief said the structure will be saved.
Just heard that on MSNBC. They lost the roof but the structure will be saved. That is good news.
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Notre Dame -- Paris police chief said the structure will be saved. (Original Post)
pdsimdars
Apr 2019
OP
raging moderate
(4,305 posts)1. Could somebody post the French National Anthem, La Marseillaise?
I am terrible with computers. I am afraid to try.
Botany
(70,510 posts)4. Here you go
raging moderate
(4,305 posts)6. Merci beaucoup! Vive la France!
Your kind action in posting this anthem is a great comfort.
Botany
(70,510 posts)8. I really don't know what she is saying but I like this song
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)13. That scene always chokes me up.
Vive la France!
Docreed2003
(16,862 posts)5. Here you go
raging moderate
(4,305 posts)9. Wow! The ENTIRE Marseillaise! Vive la France!
Merci beaucoup! Magnifique!
Docreed2003
(16,862 posts)12. My pleasure!
still_one
(92,212 posts)2. I hope so
Botany
(70,510 posts)3. I doubt it can be saved.
800 year old stone walls with flying buttresses on the outside, the loss of the cross bracing
across the top, the stone being subjected to the heat of the fires, and according to a report
many of the stone parts had been replaced with wood over the past 100 years or so.
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)14. I only reported what the police chief of Paris said, that it could be saved. Take it up with him.
Botany
(70,510 posts)15. Sorry I didn't mean to take it out on you.
n/t
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)7. I cannot imagine the Rose Window has been saved.
But I hope so. Such beauty.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)16. There are others but the south rose window is gone
burned out
?w=810
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)10. Too bad the Flying Water Tankers couldn't have made an appearance.
And promptly flattened the remainder of the building.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)11. It will take decades to restore.
It won't be the first time it's taken a mortal hit, but I'll never see it like it was this morning in my lifetime.