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Notre Dame Cathedral on Fire
The Telegraph ^ | 15 APRIL 2019 | David Chazan, Paris James Rothwell

Posted on 04/15/2019 10:33:16 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder

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To: Celtic Conservative
The same was said about buildings throughout Germany in 1945. Yet many were rebuilt. It will not be the original, true enough. But how much you wanna bet they’re gonna do it anyway, as a sign of perserverance, or just plain cussedness?

I lived in Berlin for four years. My wife is German who was born during the war and grew up during the rebuilding of West Germany.

First, Notre Dame is more than a building. It is a work of art inside and out. It will be impossible to replicate. The wooden interior of the building was replete with carved paintings.

Second, the rebuilding of Germany and its major cities was not a matter of replacing the bombed out buildings with replicas. The Berlin of today scarcely resembles the capital before the war. Lots more glass and steel.

Third, I lived a couple of years in Warsaw. The Poles painstakingly rebuilt the totally destroyed old center of the city, Stare Miasto. They used architectural drawings and pictures of the old town. They even used many of the old bricks. But they could not recreate many of the finer details because they lacked the skilled artisans to duplicate them.

I guess it is okay to be pollyannaish during times like this, but the sad reality is that Notre Dame has been largely destroyed. We can create some facsimile like they do in Las Vegas, but we cannot replace Notre Dame.

541 posted on 04/15/2019 2:06:44 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Marchmain

Good point.

They (islam) have an ally in this guy

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542 posted on 04/15/2019 2:07:03 PM PDT by patriot torch
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To: caww

Reportedly, the French government nickeled and dimed this renovation project.

If that’s the case, hope the folks responsible end up in the hot seat.


543 posted on 04/15/2019 2:08:19 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: alabama_heart

Say what you will, but I’ve mostly been watching the coverage on RT.com.


544 posted on 04/15/2019 2:08:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Marchmain

if you have seen St Pete’s you know there are number of side altars In the near future on Friday’s Francis will allow muslim services on said altar in the name of world commonality of worship (my guess as to his excuse) Muslims will flood St. pete’s on friday and turn it into a mosque once a week. Then creeping Islam will take over parts on other days.


545 posted on 04/15/2019 2:08:33 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: Pravious

At first glance it looks like two people, but looking closer it could be spires from the other side.


546 posted on 04/15/2019 2:08:50 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (WWG1WGA!)
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To: kabar

You make good points, thank you.


547 posted on 04/15/2019 2:10:06 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: mewzilla

AFP reporting the structure has been “saved and preserved”.


548 posted on 04/15/2019 2:10:38 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: nutmeg

Fox is worse than CNN in trying to cover up any Muslim involvement. I was watching CNN earlier and Chris Cuomo actually said they didn’t know what caused the fire. I was shocked he wasn’t in ‘defend the Muslims’ mode.


549 posted on 04/15/2019 2:11:07 PM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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To: patriot torch

Wow. FNC just hit a new low on that bottom-dwelling program of theirs “The Five”. Greg Gutfeld decides to turn the fire into a joke... “How’d you like to be the guy who burned down an 850 year old building? I mean... I’ve knocked over vases....”
Very funny, there... moron.

Black guy sitting in for Juan Williams says at least there’s a good side of this - and (get ready for this!) it’s that no one has suggested terrorism.

Yeah. Right. What could possibly give anyone THAT idea? Right? Absurd. Settled science. Move on.


550 posted on 04/15/2019 2:11:09 PM PDT by Pravious
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
Significance of the date of the fire?

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpting, ... Wikipedia Born: April 15, 1452, Anchiano, Italy

551 posted on 04/15/2019 2:11:51 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (If only Harvey Weinstein's bathrobe could talk.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

On France24 it is now being said that “the structure has been saved”, I guess meaning the can rebuild using the old stone foundation and walls, etc.


552 posted on 04/15/2019 2:12:29 PM PDT by Will88 (The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.)
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To: mewzilla
AFP reporting the structure has been “saved and preserved”.

I suspect they knew what had to be sacrificed in order to save the structure. A lot of Monday-Morning Quarterbacks criticizing the Fire Fighting effort.

553 posted on 04/15/2019 2:12:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Fu-fu2

“Seems significant the most iconic church in Europe would go up in flames during Holy Week.”

That’s what is called “synchronicity” in Jungian theory, regardless of who or what started the fire.


554 posted on 04/15/2019 2:12:40 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: dfwgator

From what I’ve been reading in the foreign language press, there is plenty to criticize at the decision-making level.


555 posted on 04/15/2019 2:13:47 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Were any Amish near the scene prior to the fire?


556 posted on 04/15/2019 2:14:25 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: dfwgator

IOW, the firefighters are not the problem. The people hamstringing them are.


557 posted on 04/15/2019 2:14:54 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Pravious

Won’t be long and fnc will be on the big screen at mecca


558 posted on 04/15/2019 2:15:33 PM PDT by patriot torch
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To: Will88

“The structure has been saved” but I think there’s going to be little more than exterior walls and ruins. See, e.g., Coventry Cathedral.


559 posted on 04/15/2019 2:15:43 PM PDT by Campion ((marine dad))
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To: sparklite2

it’s been said they were evacuating but also scrambling to remove what artwork and such that they could from the building before they poured the water on.


560 posted on 04/15/2019 2:16:20 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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