Paris: The Great Saga - How Notre Dame was built

All of us at MHz Choice are heartbroken over the colossal damage caused by the fire at Notre-Dame on April 15, 2019. Here is a clip from our documentary series, "Paris: The Great Saga", which highlights the unique challenges undertaken to build this beloved structure. A testament to the enduring strength and triumph of innovation the Notre-Dame has come to represent to people of all nations, religions and creeds.
Watch this entire film for free on mhzchoice.com at the link below (U.S. & Canada):
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[@kevs7274]

I am French-American. I may have been born in the U.S but I am proud of my French family background and seen Notre dame cathedral Few times. Every time I go to Paris I am very amazed by Notre dame cathedral. The fact it took two centuries to build and the craftsmen of Notre dame is truly amazing and impressive. I was in Paris back in July and took pictures of the rebuild of Notre dame.

[@jmiquelmb]

The church in this video is not how it looked at the time of its construction. It was renovated and changed during the 19th century. The front was considerably different, and the needle that recently burned wasn’t there yet.

[@remilenoir1271]

Oh it definitely looked like that, save for the fact the interior was most likely painted.
The central spire was there from the 12th century as well, however it was destroyed in the 18th century and restored by Viollet Le Duc in the 19th.
You can see it in old illustrations such as 1450 "The right hand of God protecting the faithful" by Jean Fouquet, "Dagobert Ier refugié à Saint-Denis" by the same artist, "The meeting of the magi" by the Limbourg brothers 1412.

[@MH-ms1dg]

I recommend Myles Zhang’s narrated construction sequence on Notre-Dame for more fleshed out historical details. Otherwise, this video is pretty good as it is
One tiny thing that was omitted was that each bay used to have
an oculus and a smaller clerestory window, making the inner structure 4 stories throughout
Only later were most* of the oculi removed to make way for the more iconic, larger Gothic clerestory windows

[@EustaH]

The needle that burned wasn't even an original one as well. But, kudos for including small chapel at the back yard.

[@ravereviews6853]

So how was it actually built with the technology of the time. Just 10 minutes of descriptive words that didn't explain much at all 🤣

[@golgumbazguide...4113]

Amazing Architure

[@nyworker]

Medieval Christendom that opened the doors to the modern ages...

[@NoNameThoughtOfYet]

What Is The Music From The Beginning Till 3:44?

[@JamesWang007]

what is the piano at 3:45?

[@didiers62]

belle reconstitution 👍👍👍

[@CanImperator]

40 metres in diameter? That doesn't sound right...

[@dilipaweeratunga]

Yeah I was wondering about that too!

[@noahkidd3359]

Yep, that definitely isn't right. It's 40 feet, not 40 meters.

[@ignaciofernandez5876]

las casas, las construcciones alrededor de la catedral no eran como se presentan en este "ensayo".

[@thomasreghi7052]

Too bad they had to move the farmers produce markets from under the flying buttesses which may have been covered.

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[@austin1229]

hi psg mates