All three of Notre Dame's Rose Windows SURVIVED blaze, Archbishop of Paris says, [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | April 16, 2019 | Peter Allen and Alexander Robertson

[C19fan]

Notre Dame's three medieval stained-glass windows all survived last night's devastating fire, the Archbishop of Paris has said, as detectives probe the renovation work which may have led to the blaze.

The first daylight pictures inside the wreckage of the Paris landmark today showed the roof destroyed, the 850-year-old church exposed to the elements and the floor covered in charred debris.

However the three 'irreplaceable' Rose Windows, which date to the 13th century and were last night feared to have melted or exploded, are all still believed to be intact.

Attention has now turned to what may have caused Notre Dame, part of which was being restored in a €150million refurbishment, to fall victim to such a disaster.

[punchamullah]

The glass at Saint-Chapelle, down the road a couple of blocks, is, to my mind, even more impressive.

[redshawk]

The old glass of Notre Dame is thicker on the bottom than on the top because of the liquid properties of glass with the atoms moving so slowly...

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That’s one thing that most folks know. They think of glass as a solid.

[ALASKA]

I’ve been to the cathedral several times and I am amazed at these pictures and the stories of saving priceless artwork etc after what we watched yesterday.

[painter]

What I wouldn’t give to have be there with a lead pipe!

For what?

[jackibutterfly]

"For what?"

Look at the picture again (gaijin's).

[painter]

I get it. Same here!