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The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris #1183570
04/15/19 06:24 PM
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I'm feeling so sad about today's fire. Such a loss to cultural history! We visit Notre Dame every time we visit Paris. One of our first stops always was to imbibe the beauty and serenity of that magnificent and extraordinary building. Anyone who has visited carries away memories for life. frown

Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Reenie] #1183575
04/15/19 06:49 PM
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That was absolutely heart breaking. Such a loss. cry


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Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Reenie] #1183577
04/15/19 07:09 PM
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Shocking and sad cry


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Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Reenie] #1183578
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Fortunately, it is still very much intact and they were able to save much of it. It was heartbreaking to watch the videos. Such a wonderful piece of history and architecture.


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Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Reenie] #1183579
04/15/19 07:13 PM
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Just what I was going to post, Ana. They saved the structure and fortunately because of the renovations under way, many of the important statues and other things had been removed.


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Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Reenie] #1183585
04/15/19 08:22 PM
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It's sad to see that happen to such a important building of history.....

Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Reenie] #1183589
04/15/19 08:39 PM
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I was watching this also. Such a beautiful building. I have never seen it in person but...

Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Reenie] #1183596
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I have seen Notre Dame de Paris, and watching the fire today was unspeakably depressing and sad. It is a relief to know that much of it has survived.

Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Reenie] #1183604
04/16/19 04:19 AM
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It is terrible that such a beautiful church with 800 centuries of history has been so heavily damaged.


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I have been to Paris a few times and I have to admit I cried when I saw the news about the Notre-Dame burning.


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Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Kaki's Sister] #1183628
04/16/19 12:38 PM
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It was said during the BBC News (which I watched through some of the night) that due to the firemen purposely causing the ceiling to collapse down to ground level, more of the building was saved than might have been the case.

A great catastrophe, all the same ....


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Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Mad] #1183662
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Originally Posted by Mad
It was said during the BBC News (which I watched through some of the night) that due to the firemen purposely causing the ceiling to collapse down to ground level, more of the building was saved than might have been the case.

A great catastrophe, all the same ....


Yes, and that they used little water in order to not cause more damage by the water. They were certainly very smart on their actions! It is still very much intact!


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Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #1183705
04/17/19 08:01 AM
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I can't read anything about it without ending up in tears, and I've never even been to Paris. Such a sad happening.

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Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Reenie] #1183731
04/17/19 03:57 PM
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The first news report I heard said that they expected it to burn to the ground so I was really happy that they were able to save what they did. Very sad.


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Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Reenie] #1183820
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An excellent piece of news... the bees survived! I had never heard of the bees of Notre Dame.

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Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Reenie] #1183821
04/18/19 05:03 PM
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That's a great tidbit, Drac wavegirl


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Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Reenie] #1183826
04/18/19 06:14 PM
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That is great, Drac!!


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Re: The Burning of Notre Dame de Paris [Re: Draclvr] #1183870
04/19/19 07:42 AM
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So glad to hear that. I was just reading about the beekeeper yesterday.

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