[Red Badger]

All the articles Ive seen about this, the writers refer to the spire as ‘centuries old’.

It wasn’t. It was built in the 1830’s to replace a spire that had been torn down in the late 1700’s that had deteriorated badly and was in danger of falling down.

The wood was not 870 years old, but just under 200...............

[grania]

Even so, it was a spire that replaced the original spire. Changing it to anything else destroys the historical integrity of the architecture.

[Sacajaweau]

I'm aware....My son sent me a VERY old print of the Cathedral when he lived in Paris.....along with a book on its' history.

He also sent me a large print of Paris which has the raised seal of the Louvre, was wrapped in Louvre Paper and sent in a tube with a Louvre stamp affixed.

Last Christmas, we exchanged books on the Eiffel Tower.