Notre Dame Cathedral - one of the most popular landmarks in Paris - is going up in flames. The entire roof has just collapsed.
It gets more than 12 million visitors each year, making it the most visited building in Paris.
More info : https://www.tmz.com/2019/04/15/notre-dame-cathedral-fire-flames-paris/
(https://i.imgur.com/p8QuPhX.jpg)
Its quite a shame when such an iconic structure has so much damage.
What a terrible thing! I was there and loved it. It sounds like the building will be spared but the spires, roof, etc. are gone. I wish them well in rebuilding.
I missed this part on my last post :
One bit of good news ... 16 statues that sit atop Notre Dame - representing the 12 apostles and 4 evangelists - were removed just last week as part of the restoration project.
That really is good news. I also heard that they got out most of the priceless relics and art, maybe not all.
Here's the latest on this :
French billionaires and major companies have pledged to donate at least 600 million euros to help reconstruct the Notre Dame Cathedral.
This morning it was up to a billion euros! I wonder if insurance is involved at all with this.