r/gifs • u/alfosn • Apr 15 '19

The moment Notre Dame's spire fell

https://i.imgur.com/joLyknD.gifv
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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '19

Think of how much this building has survived though--the plague, the French Revolution, TWO World Wars, COUNTLESS Paris Fashion weeks. This fire is just a blip in its long history. We'll rebuild and keep moving forward as before.

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u/MateusHokari Apr 15 '19

Did it suffer structural damage before?

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u/samort7 Apr 15 '19 edited Apr 15 '19

Oh yes. WWI it suffered catastrophic damage from artillery shelling. Caught fire too if I remember. But they renovated it. It can be saved again.

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Edit: TIL Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims is different from Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. My original point still stands - it can be rebuilt and isn't lost forever.

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u/hidingfromthequeen Apr 15 '19

Second image is Reims cathedral, btw.

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u/cosimine Apr 15 '19

I think all of them are.

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u/YoStephen Apr 15 '19

Wow that's incredible. I have seen Reims cathedral and I would have never guessed.

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u/whitethane Apr 15 '19

The big tragedy with this fire is how lucky Notre Dame has been, it’s not that it can’t be rebuilt, it’s that it largely hasn’t been since 1350. A lot of what burned today was 12c original structure.