"Notre-Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars... the epicentre of our lives.
"Notre-Dame is burning, and I know the sadness, and this tremor felt by so many fellow French people. But tonight, I'd like to speak of hope too.
"Let's be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we've built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow, and improved it.
"So I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together."
LeCrushinator on April 15th, 2019 at 23:30 UTC »
EDIT: account below was suspended, I posted a mirror to the image later in this comment.
https://twitter.com/CathedraleNotre/status/1117920118686851072
It's actually in great condition, all things considered.
Mirror of image thumbnail. I can’t find the original, the twitter account is not mine so the original picture wasn’t taken by me.
explosivechryssalid on April 15th, 2019 at 22:16 UTC »
Have there been any reports of the Rose Windows?
pipsdontsqueak on April 15th, 2019 at 21:22 UTC »
That's a massive relief. However it's going to take years to repair the cathedral from the fire damage, let alone the smoke. Thankfully, Notre Dame is probably one of the most thoroughly studied pieces of architecture on the planet and the engineers will have a lot of data to work from to restore it.