Notre Dame de Paris
Apr. 16th, 2019 07:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuuagoThe news about the fire at Notre Dame de Paris yesterday was very upsetting. Apparently the damage is not as extensive as many had feared it would be (then again, the worst case scenario was that the entire building would be lost).
La Fondation du patrimoine, the French Heritage Foundation, has opened a fund for the restoration of Notre Dame. A lot of big names have already pledged toward the restoration as well. Since the damage and costs are still being assessed, I expect it might be a while before proper estimates are available as to how much will be required and how long the reconstruction/restoration will take.
Looking through the other projects, there's some pretty neat things. But of course, this particular project is rather different in nature.
I'm glad that it was accident, not arson - that this is not a Fantoft-type situation. And that so many things were able to be removed. And apparently the huge windows have survived (?!). And I have been hearing that the organ might have as well - though in what condition remains to be seen...
I expect that in the upcoming days/weeks we'll get more information on the state of things. I don't know if I will want to seek it out.
La Fondation du patrimoine, the French Heritage Foundation, has opened a fund for the restoration of Notre Dame. A lot of big names have already pledged toward the restoration as well. Since the damage and costs are still being assessed, I expect it might be a while before proper estimates are available as to how much will be required and how long the reconstruction/restoration will take.
Looking through the other projects, there's some pretty neat things. But of course, this particular project is rather different in nature.
I'm glad that it was accident, not arson - that this is not a Fantoft-type situation. And that so many things were able to be removed. And apparently the huge windows have survived (?!). And I have been hearing that the organ might have as well - though in what condition remains to be seen...
I expect that in the upcoming days/weeks we'll get more information on the state of things. I don't know if I will want to seek it out.
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.
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Date: 2019-04-17 08:16 am (UTC)*sends hugs*
*...sends more hugs, just checked tumblr and caught news about AB election*
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Date: 2019-04-17 11:55 am (UTC)/thanks for the hugs
/and for the AB-related hugs too, I feel so awful.
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Date: 2019-04-17 03:32 pm (UTC)Our dear president wants it in 5 years. I think that he knows nothing about heritage reconstruction -__-
Mélusine
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Date: 2019-04-18 01:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-04-18 07:48 pm (UTC)He is so tiresome... it already appears that we don't have enough people specialized for these works around Paris so they would have to hire people from other areas in France.
5 years. We don't understand, us, simple persons. There are Olympics Games coming, how could the tourists not see a perfect Notre-Dame ? -__-
Mélusine
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Date: 2019-04-18 11:37 pm (UTC)There's optimism, and then there's crazy. And 5 years... is crazy.
The tourists will all know what happened, they'll understand!! It isn't like you guys don't have tons of other cool things to see! And they can still take pictures from the outside.
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Date: 2019-04-20 12:56 pm (UTC)Mélusine
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Date: 2019-04-20 01:15 pm (UTC)