Posted on 12/25/2019 8:24:49 AM PST by yesthatjallen
The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there’s a “50% chance” the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year’s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.
Monsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn’t likely to begin until 2021 — and described his “heartache” that Notre Dame couldn’t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.
“Today it is not out of danger,” he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. “It will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.”
“Today we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,” he said.
The 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral’s surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.
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Would be fun to ponder how far along the restoration would be if Trump was doing it.
If it falls down, we’ll just put up a mosque...
Its been done before!
I imagine that’s the plan.
Must be Italian
If need be, a sub-structure can be built so that older parts are preserved but not used for support. It may turn the cathedral into a museum (even under glass is that is required) which houses a giant relic, but isn't it already just a giant relic.
As the old saying goes, nothing is impossible if money is no object (it is always a matter of money in the end). And there are plenty of donors in the world that would love to be a part of this project.
Heheh. It would be nearing completion most likely.
How convenient.
Here's Trump history in attacking government/commercial incompetance.New York Post:1986 Saving Wollman Rink made Trump a New York City hero
Something very ominous about all of this. The timing, the false Pope, all of it. Really gives me pause.
Say, did you ever find the cause of the fire? I don’t believe I’ve heard.
Would be fun to ponder how far along the restoration would be if Trump was doing it.
My question also. I heard that an investigation would happen, but I never heard the results of the investigation.
Notre Dame was arson and Epstein didn’t kill himself.
https://www.insider.com/french-billionaires-havent-paid-for-notre-dame-cathedral-restoration-yet-2019-6
Given the profound stupidity of a government that is all in on the global warming hoax, it would be a miracle if it ever gets done.
And a 100% chance rapeugees take over Europe.
The Germans were able to re-build the Frauenkirche in Dresden from a pile of rubble. Perhaps the French Catholics should outsource the construction to German Protestants.
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