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  • Lead architects give the FT a tour of the rebuilding work and discuss the challenges they face in restoring the Parisian cathedral following April's devastating fire. Read more at on.ft.com/2Xkxu2H
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  • @FinancialTimes
    @FinancialTimes  4 года назад +4

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  • @whatthefrickbro
    @whatthefrickbro 5 лет назад +1757

    The public have spoken, we want it rebuilt not redesigned!!!

    • @TimSmyth23
      @TimSmyth23 5 лет назад +25

      Joey Ohalloran - And what has it got to do with you?

    • @TheVaughan5
      @TheVaughan5 5 лет назад +138

      It will be restored not redesigned.

    • @antipyrene
      @antipyrene 5 лет назад +43

      Most of the visible parts that burned were 19th century, not medieval...so resbuilt to what?

    • @organbuilder272
      @organbuilder272 5 лет назад +75

      YES!. This is a historical landmark not an architects test facility.

    • @organbuilder272
      @organbuilder272 5 лет назад +37

      @@antipyrene The stained glass rose window was original to the building Only the spire over the crossing was not original. The roof was most certainly their since the building was complete.

  • @Thomas-dw1nb
    @Thomas-dw1nb 5 лет назад +351

    "...and how the reconstruction will look, has not been decided." I beg to differ. Hasn't the French Parliament already voted and agreed (pretty overwhelmingly) that Notre Dame needs to be rebuilt exactly as it was before?

    • @kittonsmitton
      @kittonsmitton 5 лет назад +6

      Yes they did.

    • @alcoolamus4208
      @alcoolamus4208 5 лет назад +45

      No they didn't. They agreed to remove a part of the "rebuilding law" that was supposed to reduce the time needed but allowed the government to bypass a large amount of restrictions. But that doesn't mean it will be rebuilt identically. Since an international architecture contest has been organised, we can fear it will lead to a post-modern abomination...
      I made a donation thinking it would be rebuilt exactly as it was before, but President Macron doesn't want to miss the opportunity to print his mark in history by making a modern Spire...
      Pardon my English, I hope I'm understandable ;)

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 5 лет назад +7

      @Allô français canadien a twat?

    • @venyuanliang3414
      @venyuanliang3414 5 лет назад

      ;

    • @Arcticroberto9376
      @Arcticroberto9376 4 года назад

      Finally! French government did something right

  • @age234
    @age234 5 лет назад +576

    Rebuild it exactly as it was!

    • @LiuBei661
      @LiuBei661 5 лет назад +5

      They cant do it the way it was

    • @jonas4288
      @jonas4288 5 лет назад +20

      The biggest challenge with that will be the woodwork inside the roof called "The forest" which consisted of a forest worth of logs and planks. HOWEVER they could use aluminium beams as a replacement. It won't be EXACTLY the same, but it also won't be visible to the public, so it doesn't matter.

    • @LiuBei661
      @LiuBei661 5 лет назад

      @@jonas4288 thats bad

    • @lil-sr7wp
      @lil-sr7wp 5 лет назад +2

      Nous l'espérons tous !😔

    • @czarpeppers6250
      @czarpeppers6250 5 лет назад +13

      @@jonas4288 Not to mention a modern structure would prevent a repeat of what happened. There isn't even enough old growth forest in Europe to rebuild it exactly how it was.

  • @michaelhurley3171
    @michaelhurley3171 5 лет назад +171

    Good luck from USA. We would not be a nation without you. Thanks for the Statue of Liberty too. We should help with this.

    • @calvinhobbes5686
      @calvinhobbes5686 5 лет назад +2

      Michael Hurley - Yes! Do you know how to start a GoFundMe page, and get it attached to these videos?

    • @michaelhurley3171
      @michaelhurley3171 5 лет назад

      @@calvinhobbes5686 No, but good luck.

    • @matthiasburger2315
      @matthiasburger2315 5 лет назад +11

      These Monuments are linked in another way, too. The statue of liberty was build by the same company as the decoration of the spire.

    • @jvdybsjnsjh
      @jvdybsjnsjh 5 лет назад +9

      ​@@calvinhobbes5686 why is everyone donating money to the cathedral and not for people who are actually in need of it? Even if their insurance doesn't cover the costs, the french state will.

    • @123DOWNUNDER890
      @123DOWNUNDER890 5 лет назад +1

      The French liberals want it back so they could give it to Saudi Arabia.

  • @mcrettable
    @mcrettable 5 лет назад +135

    I hope from this we can appreciate architecture like this more.

  • @Diegomax22
    @Diegomax22 5 лет назад +55

    My Lady dont worry, we take care about you. Love you, Notre-Dame from France.

  • @pelegrino791
    @pelegrino791 5 лет назад +120

    it's a miracle ND is still standing !! With the God help, we will rebuild it.

    • @elfedowen6452
      @elfedowen6452 5 лет назад +16

      Why did god not protect it?... day off perhaps?.

    • @mario-obeid
      @mario-obeid 5 лет назад +2

      Elfed Owen 😐😐

    • @rr7firefly
      @rr7firefly 5 лет назад +2

      @@johnperic6860 Some people take literally that sermon about God watching over every little bird and flower. Tell that to the flocks that get sucked into the engines of a jet plane every year.

    • @gondolacrescent5
      @gondolacrescent5 5 лет назад

      True Gothic edifices as seen in the old Cathedrals of N.West Europe are very resilient. I recommend a google search for “Cologne Cathedral WW II photos”.

    • @rabbijacoobbenjaminisraelb7095
      @rabbijacoobbenjaminisraelb7095 4 года назад

      @@gondolacrescent5 The Cologne Cathedral is about 60% not True gothic but built in the 19th century as they finished the Cathedral. It was not damaged in the War because thank god the british had to use it as Orientation point. If they didnt they would gladly destroy it as they did with the rest of Cologne and Germany.

  • @titob.yotokojr.9337
    @titob.yotokojr.9337 5 лет назад +444

    Notre Dame should be rebuild the way it was... and not "improved" upon, as some suggests, with horrible minarets!

    • @DiamanteDea
      @DiamanteDea 5 лет назад +8

      Tito B. Yotoko Jr. exctly

    • @masonschaffer2591
      @masonschaffer2591 5 лет назад +60

      They should add fire precaution and protection but otherwise leave it untouched

    • @rossanabachiorri1106
      @rossanabachiorri1106 5 лет назад +1

      Sicuramente diventerà un minareto perché ho letto che molte chiese cattoliche sono state trasformate in minareti o quant'altro.

    • @lukaskirchhoff7901
      @lukaskirchhoff7901 5 лет назад +29

      You do realize, that the collapsed spire wasn't original either, right? It was rebuild in a neo-gotic style in the mid 19th century

    • @titob.yotokojr.9337
      @titob.yotokojr.9337 5 лет назад +42

      @@lukaskirchhoff7901
      Be that as it may, you realize that the design was gothic so it still fit the overall design of the Cathedral.
      And sorry to burst your bubble but still way better than a minaret, no matter your desire to have one built there!

  • @MyTimeOutt
    @MyTimeOutt 5 лет назад +200

    Yes, rebuilt, not redesigned, except where special reinforcement is required.

    • @mariaashot5648
      @mariaashot5648 5 лет назад +8

      Yes, but this is also a massive feat for architecture and engineering. Please understand that an intense fire changes the structure of the rock that survived, too. So everything has to be carefully taken into account to literally achieve the miracle of resurrecting Notre Dame de Paris... It may take 5 years, or 10 years, or more. But it will be done exquisitely, brilliantly, precisely and -- with God's help -- successfully. Each recovered broken piece can be saved for a future museum exhibit or other appropriate use. The French people's deputies in the government voted on behalf of the people for a faithful, exact recreation of what was destroyed. That is the plan. It will still be a miracle when it is done. I urge everyone to donate whatever they are able to contribute.

    • @Ruhrpottpatriot
      @Ruhrpottpatriot 5 лет назад

      So, maybe everywhere? Nobody knows how brittle the stone has become yet.

    • @johnqpublic4055
      @johnqpublic4055 5 лет назад

      I see no reason why the roof structure should not be of steel. The part that "shows" can still look as it did before the fire.

    • @Ruhrpottpatriot
      @Ruhrpottpatriot 5 лет назад +1

      @@johnqpublic4055 Because steel has massive problems with heat. While steel melts at around 1200°C to 1500°C it looses most of its strength at around 800°C (your average camp-fire temperature). No firefighter can estimate how much weight the roof can still support when looking at it.
      Wood on the other hand burns relatively even and the burnt pieces form a protective carbon layer around it, meaning everything under it still has near 100% strength. Therefore you look at the thickness of the beam and roughly estimate its remaining strength.
      Yes, with a steel roof fires are more unlikely, but if one were to break out the damage would be a great deal worse.

    • @johnqpublic4055
      @johnqpublic4055 5 лет назад +3

      @@Ruhrpottpatriot I have seen analyses showing that the medieval builders put the high point of the stone buttresses in the wrong places on the walls. As long as they are going to spend so much money, perhaps they can rebuilt the buttresses (with steel frames in them), abut them against the walls in the proper places, and make them strong enough to hold up a steel roof - all with preserving the historic look.

  • @moon-cf2vw
    @moon-cf2vw 5 лет назад +52

    People argue that it should be redesigned because the spire was redesigned in the 19th century. However people don’t realize that the gothic revival style of the new spire was meant to go along with the aesthetic of the whole cathedral, if it was redesigned nowadays it wouldn’t match and would just look funky.

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 5 лет назад +2

      ^

    • @moon-cf2vw
      @moon-cf2vw 5 лет назад

      François Miville yes cause it would take weight off, be cheaper, and would not be flammable. Honestly I don’t care what it’s made of if I can’t see it or it’s far away like the ceiling.

    • @amead5248
      @amead5248 4 года назад

      With a little knowledge, a pencil, paper, ruler, compass and square there’s no reason on earth someone could not currently design an equally attractive, gothic spire that would compliment the rest of the structure as well as the previous 19 th century spire did. Great Art is the product of ecstatic inspiration “to make” something of transcendent beauty.

    • @amead5248
      @amead5248 4 года назад

      LucidDreamer Entertainment It may seem odd, but the combined weight of the spire and roof are required to keep the structure intact. If the weight is reduced by using, even another similar but natural material, like zinc, the building could suffer structurally as the weight of Zinc is considerably less than Lead. The only solution is to again use lead and ignore the nonsense that stipulates elemental lead is poisonous, toxic and dangerous...lead is only dangerous when it’s a compound.

  • @kyliemagnusson7251
    @kyliemagnusson7251 4 года назад +2

    i am so grateful that there are many skilled and profound architects that are striving to rebuild this magnificent cathedral , my heart broke when I first saw it engulfed in flames. However, seeing that the cross was not touched was really beautiful. Not to mention, no one was injured thank god and alot of the cathedral's relics were safe

  • @HelenTudor-Douglas
    @HelenTudor-Douglas 5 лет назад +78

    Heartache. Heartbreak. (I've been inside Notre Dame 100's of times. I miss walking inside of it, with all of what's left of my heart.)

    • @Michael_______
      @Michael_______ 5 лет назад +1

      hey

    • @mtlicq
      @mtlicq 4 года назад

      You are lucky that you did get to see it. I never saw it but was about to go but then this happened. : (

  • @ThePartienmer
    @ThePartienmer 5 лет назад +6

    Every Thursday my big brother will go to Notre dame de Paris for Bible studies, like any other catholic kids in the neighborhood, he brought a drawing of Notre Dame that he made to show to the priest in charge who kept it for himself. This fire made me cry like i had lost a dear friend.

  • @feeberizer
    @feeberizer 5 лет назад +34

    I was there in 1980. It's such a beautiful building. I would hope they would restore it to how it was before the fire rather than making changes...

    • @josephastier7421
      @josephastier7421 4 года назад

      Why repeat a design that basically exploded? They're not going to use wood in the new roof.

    • @muhammadabadi6410
      @muhammadabadi6410 4 года назад

      Joseph Astier why don’t they make it more “inclusive” because thats what we all need

    • @josephastier7421
      @josephastier7421 4 года назад

      @@muhammadabadi6410 Why not both?

    • @muhammadabadi6410
      @muhammadabadi6410 4 года назад

      Joseph Astier if the previous design wasn’t inclusive enough then i don’t know what to say other than were fucked

    • @jerryhall5709
      @jerryhall5709 4 года назад

      @John K Was that snarky comment really necessary?

  • @matthewdilday7918
    @matthewdilday7918 5 лет назад +42

    Rebuild this masterpiece to the way it was.

    • @josephastier7421
      @josephastier7421 4 года назад +3

      Without the wood though. That fire was nearly impossible to stop.

    • @ab_12_8
      @ab_12_8 3 года назад

      @@josephastier7421 they should just rebuilt it with concrete and just put wood on top of it so that it still looks the same but won’t be burned as easily

    • @josephastier7421
      @josephastier7421 3 года назад

      @@ab_12_8 That kind of a double roof is kind of what they had. Anrched masonry roof and then a wooden attic over that. The attic burned away, and had the masonry roof not been there, the flying buttresses would have pushed the walls into the hall and the whole thing would have come down, possibly taking the bell towers with it.

  • @robertwhatley2825
    @robertwhatley2825 5 лет назад +16

    Has anyone discovered who set the blaze? It was without doubt arson as the timbers of the roof would have been impossible to set afire without an accelerant, which is also indicated by the color of the smoke during the fire. Someone or some cause is to blame and this needs to be discovered before more great architecture is damaged or destroyed. There must be a reckoning for such wanton destruction. There isn’t a single person acquainted with accelerants who would doubt this wasn’t arson in addition to anyone aquatinted with how oak ages, arson is not the question, the only question is who and why.

    • @kittonsmitton
      @kittonsmitton 5 лет назад +5

      I think we know who and why don't you?

    • @michellegruber4187
      @michellegruber4187 5 лет назад +5

      You are absolutely right. And yes, we all know precisely who did that horrible thing but, in France, everyone keeps silence, especially the Government. So sad and so shocking !

    • @Khloe_dancer_model
      @Khloe_dancer_model 5 лет назад +1

      The Muslims!!!! Why?? To take over France by destroying it’s history .There you go.We ALL know! Macron can go to HELL!

    • @Hanneth
      @Hanneth 4 года назад +1

      Actually, they have ruled out arson. No accelerant has been found. It also started on a portion of the roof that very few people have access to.
      They have been able to track it down to either cigarettes, or an electrical socket.
      Basically, it has been tracked back to the people doing the restoration. Lots of cigarette butts were found in the area the fire started. Meaning that the people doing the restoration have been smoking there a lot. It was also found the the power tools being used were in excess of safety limits for the sockets.
      How can a cigarette butt start a huge fire like that? It happens all the time.
      We had a bridge here that was really old and large portions of it were made of wood. It constantly got set on fire by people just tossing their cigarette butts on the ground. Usually after a sporting event. They'd get kicked around, or blown by the wind and end up on some wood and set it a blaze. It was such a problem, that they finally just rebuilt the bridge.
      I'm sure a simple Google search would turn up many buildings new and old being burned down by just a simple little cigarette butt.

  • @pilouetmissiou
    @pilouetmissiou 5 лет назад +11

    high technology yesterday, high technology today, this is the destiny of the beautiful Notre-Dame ! still very long life to you Notre-Dame !

  • @shanecastillo7830
    @shanecastillo7830 4 года назад +43

    Still Glad that the original bells are still intact and no one died in the fire

    • @FinancialTimes
      @FinancialTimes  4 года назад +1

      Thank you for your comment, Shane. There are some concerns over lead that was released in the destruction. People are also discussing how to rebuild the cathedral to secure its safety, which is not a given. We recently featured an article on these two questions on our site that you might find interesting. It's written by Agnès Poirier, a writer with an upcoming book titled 'Notre-Dame: The Soul of France.' Tell us what you think: www.ft.com/content/7e81e6ee-d94c-11e9-8f9b-77216ebe1f17.

    • @jamesdavis5096
      @jamesdavis5096 4 года назад +1

      There will be many more of that died of lead poisoning who visited in the coming centuries there is no way to remove all that dust. In the streets have been closed off in certain areas around the church because the high levels of lead is just beyond toxic

  • @daskaninchen5416
    @daskaninchen5416 5 лет назад +31

    I don’t know if it is true but i read somwhere that some of the the wooden structure came from trees of the 8th century!

    • @underpressure1954
      @underpressure1954 5 лет назад +10

      This is true :)

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 5 лет назад +5

      Yes

    • @onlyfacts8801
      @onlyfacts8801 5 лет назад +7

      True, the trees were already 300 years old when they constructed the cathedral

    • @PhilJonesIII
      @PhilJonesIII 5 лет назад

      France has more trees than you can wave a stick at (pun intended). 32% is forest, of which at least half is broadleaf. Europe has been expanding its forests for a few decades. The situation in France is that a goodly amount of forest is privately owned so no one was in a position to say if the wood was or would be made available.
      I've seen a number of major church/cathedral restorations since living here. You can rest assured the work will be of the best quality.

  • @PavelMartinekpierre
    @PavelMartinekpierre 5 лет назад +29

    I m with this situation in Paris in death Notre - Dame very sad so sad!!! I wish you Notre - Dame new life and good health non death!!!!

  • @mariaashot5648
    @mariaashot5648 5 лет назад +1

    May God bless, help and protect everyone who participates, in any way, in this noble cause. Merci à tous! Thank you for this video, FT!

  • @mmsmith1777
    @mmsmith1777 5 лет назад +12

    When I heard they were considering making the roof area "modern, reflecting a broader world view", I was horrified. To redesign this masterpiece would be a crime against humanity. It would be akin to topping the Great Pyramid with the Golden Arches of a McDonald's restaurant.

    • @aspincelaframboise5300
      @aspincelaframboise5300 5 лет назад

      @Fluffy Hamster; If one wants stupid you're their go to eh...

    • @kubortthedane9487
      @kubortthedane9487 5 лет назад +1

      @Fluffy Hamster you do realise the right in France is liberal?? just because the US is extremely backwards doesn't mean the rest of the world is...

    • @francinesicard464
      @francinesicard464 2 года назад

      Lots have been said by the media but no the framework of the roof will be made in oak wood like the original. Oak trees have already been selected and coordinated by France Bois Forêt for the provision of 1,000 century-old oak trees coming from both public and private owners from all over the country. The mobilisation around the rebirth of Notre-Dame de Paris is national. Individuals donated half of the felled oaks, with the National Forestry Office donating the other half.
      4,000 square meters of woods and forests will thus be used to rebuild one of the most beautiful monuments in France.

  • @bluebelt1235
    @bluebelt1235 5 лет назад +76

    I heard that Disney was gonna do a live action remake of the Hunchback of Norte Dame. Guess it’s going to take a while before they can work on it

    • @rr7firefly
      @rr7firefly 5 лет назад +10

      Disney is irrelevant. Disney is about making money by selling a product. I know this from personal experience. Working at Disney teaches you it is hardly the "Magic Kingdom."

    • @seastorm9548
      @seastorm9548 5 лет назад +8

      @@rr7firefly Disney used to be original and make good movies but now all they do is recycle the classics by remakes

    • @thomaszinser8714
      @thomaszinser8714 5 лет назад +3

      @@seastorm9548 Many of their iconic classics were just remakes of old fairy tales, though.

    • @seastorm9548
      @seastorm9548 5 лет назад +2

      @@thomaszinser8714 And they were inspired by books and the iconic classic movies didn't repeat the original stories exactly

    • @britainluver431
      @britainluver431 5 лет назад

      Unless they used another cathedral, like Notre Dame in Reims.

  • @kittonsmitton
    @kittonsmitton 5 лет назад +66

    The restoration must leave Notre Dame exactly as it was before the fire.

    • @alanb9443
      @alanb9443 4 года назад +2

      Why? It’s been added too and rebuilt over many fires throughout its life. Why not add to it again instead of living in the past. The past is dead literally destroyed. Move on create something new

    • @Satikal
      @Satikal 4 года назад +1

      alan B because it’s history

    • @karmatt3098
      @karmatt3098 4 года назад +1

      Ayuwoki though I agree it should go back to the way it was before the fire, your argument that “it’s history” doesn’t make sense since historically, Notre Dame was being significantly altered every other century.

    • @thaleis
      @thaleis 4 года назад

      The cathedral has been almost entirely rebuilt less than 100 years after its first basements and has been highly improved many times over the years... the gargoyles has been built in the 18th century despite being a typical Middle Ages figures... a little piece of the 21th century people would be perfectly legitimate... maybe in the inside since it was not spectacular besides the big glass roses...

    • @NavidIsANoob
      @NavidIsANoob 3 года назад

      Why? A cathedral is a living building. Why can't it evolve along with the times in which it resides?

  • @cloudgamer178
    @cloudgamer178 4 года назад +17

    Imagine if we put this much effort into restoring the rain forests

    • @mtlicq
      @mtlicq 4 года назад +2

      nature heals itself better than when humans mess with it; we just need to stop chopping down more old-growth forests with all its biodiversity, stop building parking lots and fast-food factory-farms

    • @sirsytham1588
      @sirsytham1588 4 года назад +2

      For people that say that we could use the money for the ocean or the amazon or something please read the following: A billion dollars is objectively a nice amount of money, but if you were to donate it to a cause like an ocean clean up foundation or an amazon rainforest foundation it wouldn’t be enough money to make even a small dent in the current problem. To clean all of the ocean you would need much more money, but also the plastic and pollution would still come in from people like you and me. Plastic flows from rivers and oceans and chemicals come from factories from all around the world. The amazon forest (a billion dollars donated) would only make a small dent in the fires… which would be reversed, why? Because the citizens of Bresil WANT the fires to happen, they want to burn the trees, so plant trees and they will burn them again… It’s horrible, but we need to do the same thing: hit at the source: do something about Bolsonaro.
      I will assume you are young, less than 15 because you don’t know the value of culture and buildings. The world is complicated, If we could fix the amazon and solve climate change, we would. You will learn in time. The poor, once again, would be the same story, without eduction, it’s hard and almost impossible to get a good job.
      Also to completely seal you, this money was donated by millions of people. It is the people’s choice, the french government has nothing to do with this money.

    • @cloudgamer178
      @cloudgamer178 4 года назад

      Mathias Bedrossian bailbondsh police department is coming for you

  • @tweetymaw
    @tweetymaw 5 лет назад +16

    When the news showed that the Notre Dam was burning, I screamed, “ Those SOB’s have set the cathedral on fire! I had the opportunity to visit her in 1999 & she is magnificent.

  • @davidwilkins8127
    @davidwilkins8127 3 года назад

    Wonderful that science and technology can resurrect this historical gem. What times we live in.

  • @AgnostosGnostos
    @AgnostosGnostos 5 лет назад +19

    I hope the reconstruction will have some active fire protection like sprinklers. I know that it won't be something beautiful but it could provide some automatic highly important early fire prevention.

    • @n0rmal953
      @n0rmal953 4 года назад

      C’est sûr que c’est apparement le top moumoute de la sécu pour vous. Je m’en fend la poire les potos.

  • @wowbogazzled1369
    @wowbogazzled1369 5 лет назад +693

    Hopefully they don't use some modernist garbage for it.

    • @newjerusalem6604
      @newjerusalem6604 5 лет назад

      THINKING ⚡ ruclips.net/video/QrSDgPp3Hpw/видео.html ⚡ of you with EVERY BLAST

    • @RubberDucky999
      @RubberDucky999 5 лет назад +22

      you mean like fire suppression systems ?

    • @onlyfacts8801
      @onlyfacts8801 5 лет назад +22

      @@RubberDucky999 No, she meant that hopefully they won't redesign the 19th-century spire that fell

    • @speedstriker
      @speedstriker 4 года назад +3

      If these motherfucker dare pull anything like that, we will burn their office down. It's poetic justice.

    • @josephastier7421
      @josephastier7421 4 года назад +8

      The spire was a modern addition.

  • @fernandojosef5207
    @fernandojosef5207 5 лет назад +24

    And yet they still wont tell us what caused the fire

    • @hazalnut8647
      @hazalnut8647 4 года назад +8

      They did though. It was a electrical short circuit.

    • @muhammadabadi6410
      @muhammadabadi6410 4 года назад +6

      michael heredia that’s an excuse there was an arsonist burning down religious places around the area of notre dame

    • @cerverg
      @cerverg 4 года назад +2

      Of course, they won't... It'd politically incorrect if they tell about the religion of this "electrical short circuit" probably born across the Mediterranean...

    • @muhammadabadi6410
      @muhammadabadi6410 4 года назад +3

      cerverg can’t wait till they make it more inclusive

    • @cerverg
      @cerverg 4 года назад

      @@muhammadabadi6410 They should build a minaret to blast prayers 5 times a day

  • @naturalcambion3747
    @naturalcambion3747 5 лет назад +21

    I was talking to a stranger about the fire when it happened. The person said that the Cathedral should be converted into a mosque because all white French Catholics will be gone in a few generations and there is no point in repairing it to its former glory. I said it was never going to happen.

    • @Yoeri22
      @Yoeri22 5 лет назад +8

      Natural Cambion i highly doubt that that happened. Notre dame is a major part of history, no need to be religious to recognise that.
      There are a lot of people now a days who are not religious, but still love Notre dame. Yes, Notre dame is still used as a church but it’s not just that. It’s part of France’ history. No one wants that gone (except maybe extremists, from both sides)

    • @jacquelinligot7893
      @jacquelinligot7893 5 лет назад

      a stranger ....

    • @christopherluchsinger8491
      @christopherluchsinger8491 4 года назад

      And you listened...

  • @RingoRoad
    @RingoRoad 5 лет назад +16

    A masterpiece, it can never be replaced. It will never be the same.

    • @organbuilder272
      @organbuilder272 5 лет назад +5

      It will be the same in construction details. As much of the same materials as can be salvaged wiill be used in the reconstruction will be restored. What has been rendered unuseable will be replaced and likely "Aged" to match the present interior.

  • @cmhughes8057
    @cmhughes8057 5 лет назад +5

    As an American, where can I donate to help the reconstruction effort? I don’t have a lot to give but I want to help in any little way I can.

    • @Beuvron41
      @Beuvron41 5 лет назад +1

      Google : « don pour Notre Dame de Paris».....👍

  • @annkey4091
    @annkey4091 5 лет назад +4

    Having visited Notre Dame Cathedral years ago, the fire was disheartening. My surprise and delight at seeing that one of gargoyles survived, although not in the location where I had my picture taken with it.

  • @pierrebotella3603
    @pierrebotella3603 5 лет назад +5

    In France, soon after this fire, we have passionate carpenters enthusiastic about the idea of ​​rebuilding this roof structure in a way identical to the original one. That part was very old and dated from the origin (not the fallen spire that was a reconstruction of the 19 th century, the original one, of simpler aspect, had been removed because in bad condition few years before the revolution). It is the disappearance of that ancient frame of roof that has been the most shocking for French people.
    Some owners of oak forests were volunteers to give trunks of oaks. In some (State) oak forests in France trees are felled each year at about 200 years old, within the limit of the growth in volume of wood of younger trees in the same forest, so there is no loss of wood. These trunks of woods are popular (especially for barrels for great wines) and even now sold to China. Originally the trees ('quercus sessiliflora" in latin) had been planted, under the reign of Louis XIV, to in the future make of them ship masts. But times have changed.
    It would probably be more prudent to rebuild a metal roof. Actually It would not matter because the roof structure would not be seen, no more than formerly. Other cathedrals in France, of as great artistic value and maybe even more than Notre Dame of Paris, such as Chartres and Reims, already have roofs in metal structure following wars and fires.
    But it is true that Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, symbolically and historically because it is situated in the capital of the country, has a special value for French people.

  • @pamelahicks517
    @pamelahicks517 4 года назад

    I hope they can reconstruct it as closely as possible to the original. Not only is it a place of worship, but a genuine creation of artfully, masterful beauty. It's a treasure not only to France, but to the whole world.

  • @MrMASSEYJONES
    @MrMASSEYJONES 3 года назад

    Thank you for keeping te French commentary, rather than a voice-over. It made more of a pleasure to watch an excellent video and concentrate more on it. I speak and write French fluently and never spoke English till age 14.

  • @shadowartist8892
    @shadowartist8892 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you builders for restoring our beautiful Notre Dame! I wonder about the stained glass. Ive always heard the glass cannot be reproduced because the formula was lost.

  • @v.dargain1678
    @v.dargain1678 5 лет назад

    Thanks for keeping for everyone informed on the restoration process . Some of us actually care .

  • @coeniebre
    @coeniebre 4 года назад +56

    Sell blocks of the burnt trusses as a momento to raise money !

    • @leopardshepherd1165
      @leopardshepherd1165 4 года назад

      Coenie Breytenbach good idea only imagine the church wouldn’t be happy with that

    • @geoffstemen3652
      @geoffstemen3652 4 года назад +1

      they’d be happy with the euro, amen amen

    • @coeniebre
      @coeniebre 4 года назад

      @@leopardshepherd1165 Blocks of the German wall was sold!

    • @leopardshepherd1165
      @leopardshepherd1165 4 года назад +1

      Coenie Breytenbach a bit different, selling parts of a holy building is probably not going to go down well

    • @mtlicq
      @mtlicq 4 года назад +1

      I was thinking the same thing, carve little crosses for necklace pendants; but then again, that might encourage the same thing from other historic sites as well

  • @ColeEdits
    @ColeEdits 4 года назад +1

    Such a sad thing, but so glad nobody died, and that the place is getting rebuilt.

  • @marychristy8140
    @marychristy8140 5 лет назад +1

    What a sad sad day....April 15th. It was mind blowing, heart wrenching to think our beloved Notre Dame was on fire. We the public want reconstruction not redesigning, we want it the way all these years we have enjoyed this marvelous Church. Don't forget...you France have a Monarch going to rise up and save France from the infidels and push them back to their own countries. France regain your independence and find your loyalty to. God. Without God you are nothing. We in America love you, and create a fund that all can contribute to assist the billionaires who said they would cough up millions to foot the bill for this. If it takes 5 or 10 years, do it right. The world is watching you, God is watching.
    Give us our beloved ....Notre Dame again.....Our Lady. God Bless the French people. Where's your backbone? Fight for this.

  • @user-fs5lc2dl7t
    @user-fs5lc2dl7t 5 лет назад

    Thank you FT for this update...hope you will do more over time to show the progress.

  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly 5 лет назад +4

    There is no denying that France has made enormous contributions to Western Civilization. Their many architectural landmarks are perhaps the most notable examples. Today, the French continue to make the world a better place with their technological achievements. Que Dieu bénisse la France pour toujours.

  • @philipiscoolful
    @philipiscoolful 4 года назад +9

    If only we managed real problems like this in the world.

  • @hayabusa27
    @hayabusa27 4 года назад +1

    I feel so lucky to have been inside it before the fire. I was there last year, reconstruction is going strong. I hope to see it again in 5 years

  • @delphiaward6572
    @delphiaward6572 5 лет назад

    It is so pretty to see all the details in the bright day light

  • @andrenewcomb3708
    @andrenewcomb3708 5 лет назад +2

    Weren't they doing a 3-D scan 'before' the fire as prep work to Joan's fabulous, timely rescue of 'man's' achievement? Where would we be without her?

  • @thekingpug8281
    @thekingpug8281 5 лет назад

    This so painful 😔 see how it’s hurting for cathedral today watching it now we help be fixed soon it’s part of our history for it 🇫🇷 Notre Dame she very beautiful lovely to see it in person there have one ☝️ in Canada 🇨🇦 a litter under stand that it happened to our church ⛪ there burning it two time in Los Angeles California

  • @EnchantedSmellyWolf
    @EnchantedSmellyWolf 3 года назад +1

    I can only imagine that they had to go back to history book, records, and ancient blueprints to rebuilt how it was and nothing changed.

  • @lacikollar64
    @lacikollar64 5 лет назад +21

    They will do that at least for 20 years this restoration if not more...as i know French mentality. They do everything so slow just like here in Montreal. Everything is upside down for many years ahead unfortunately.

    • @sachangelive
      @sachangelive 5 лет назад +5

      yes but as the Olympics Games are going to take place in 2024 in Paris, they want it to be open for the event (because it's the 1rst touristic monument in Europe). Just to take away all the stained glasses should had take 5 years and they dit it in 10 days...so for the first time, my country is working pretty hard...

    • @benjobenjo407
      @benjobenjo407 5 лет назад

      Poor stupid ineducated guy.
      Moron

    • @andreasgiasiranis5206
      @andreasgiasiranis5206 5 лет назад +1

      First time? In greece they are "restoring" an average-sized theater with great audio for the last 20 years

    • @mryaint
      @mryaint 5 лет назад +2

      The Germans could do it in 3 weeks

    • @mryaint
      @mryaint 5 лет назад +1

      @@benjobenjo407 The French can do one thing very fast; capitulating

  • @dathpo
    @dathpo 4 года назад +2

    The Lord works in strange ways. Perhaps the more extensive rebuild needed after the fire is a gift.

    • @n0rmal953
      @n0rmal953 4 года назад

      J’imagine que les mecs en californie doivent se dorent la même chose avec leur baraques cramées, vraiment une magnifique métaphore de la vie. Je vais me lire un petit extrait de Descartes pour me relaxer en pensant à dieu.

  • @ccemanes3609
    @ccemanes3609 3 года назад +1

    People don't know how long lucky they are that the cathedral burned four days before Easter Eve. It was going to be burned during Easter celebration with all the people locked inside.

  • @docholliday6635
    @docholliday6635 5 лет назад +6

    As a surveyor myself I've done conventional, gps, and laser scanning!!!!!! And have combined them all. Been surveying for 30 years!!!! Seen the crude to the technical!!!

  • @warnerbeachful
    @warnerbeachful 5 лет назад

    My Aunty Gritzella says they've given the hunchback a new home. We all very happy for him.

  • @alphonsobutlakiv789
    @alphonsobutlakiv789 5 лет назад +6

    Hope they use steel interested of wood this time, it's not like it'll look any different, just less flammable and we spare the trees.

  • @arnoldtabor3767
    @arnoldtabor3767 5 лет назад +6

    How will it look ,exactly how it was ,its disrespectful to change it , as people want to see notre dame not Notre greenhouse or notre lights

  • @monicamir
    @monicamir 5 лет назад +1

    Nous te salluon, ô, toi, Notre Dame
    Marie Vierge Sainte qui drape le soleil
    Couronnée d'Étoiles
    La lune es sus te pas
    En toi nous es donne
    L'Aurore du salut
    Marie Eve nouvelle
    Et joie de ton seigneur
    Tu as donne naissaince a
    Jesus Le Sauveur
    .......
    I don't know French, but I love this song about the mother of Jesus.
    I saw after some weeks people singing ' Je vous salue Marie ' while the cathedral was burning.
    I was happy to know that it would be restored. The French people wants her as she was.
    In my point of view the church of Christ is the people who believes in Christ.
    Maria is ' Eve Nouvelle ', a nova Eva que iria obedecer e ser fiel a Deus sempre.
    Tu restée fidele
    Mére a pied de la Croix
    Soutien notre esperance et
    Guarde notre foi.
    It's so beauriful , this song.
    ' Courronnée d'Étoiles '
    Crowned by stars like in Apocalypse 12.

  • @danielwhyatt3278
    @danielwhyatt3278 5 лет назад

    This was three months ago now. I wonder what it looks like on the inside after this much time. Apparently very little has still changed. I really do hope that they rebuild it in the original style. That’s what the vast majority of the world wants.

  • @cutequeen9405
    @cutequeen9405 5 лет назад

    I hope they don’t change anything I’m not French but visiting Norte dame has always been on my bucket list so I will be really sad if it’s not as close to the original as possible also it’s such a beautiful piece of human history it needs to be preserved

    • @cutequeen9405
      @cutequeen9405 5 лет назад

      Also I really hope it doesn’t just take 5 Years to rebuild they should take as much time as they need to build it and not rush it

  • @fromthepeanutgallery1084
    @fromthepeanutgallery1084 5 лет назад

    I am glad i had the opportunity to go to Notre Dame November 2018. I made a short video, so will be able to see how it was. I will post some time.

  • @organbuilder272
    @organbuilder272 5 лет назад +12

    There should be a public shaming of those who pledged restoration money and then fail to place this money in trust accounts under supervision of trustworthy accountants. The point is - you stood up and shouted from the mountain-tops that you would support a restoration. Now put your money where you loud mouth was.. Or was it all a puiblicity stunt??? More than likely in this day and age.

  • @lancelotdufrane
    @lancelotdufrane 4 года назад

    What a painful event. The collective world morns this beautiful and extraordinary structure. Hard to believe WE can build something even close... if that were possible, where are the “Like” successes?....All is made worse, by the lack of clear and honest reasons for the blaze. Heartbreaking loss.....those committed to repair,...... deepest respect, and thank you.

  • @jorgebarzabal3167
    @jorgebarzabal3167 5 лет назад +3

    Buena documentación

  • @tomvernon2123
    @tomvernon2123 3 года назад

    Ok folks, corporations, governments, foundations, etc, it's time to send your pledges in. I'm American and not even Catholic, but my donation was sent months ago. For God's sake, please come through. This work of art is important to all of civilization; it must be restored.

  • @greatpretender83
    @greatpretender83 5 лет назад +16

    Keep it the same with exception of the structural body.

  • @isaiahfootnote8534
    @isaiahfootnote8534 5 лет назад +1

    A fire that just happened all by itself.

  • @Ленад-е1ш
    @Ленад-е1ш 5 лет назад +4

    Blessed

  • @grill38
    @grill38 4 года назад

    thanks for this very instructive edit
    greetings

  • @PlanesTrainsEverything
    @PlanesTrainsEverything 5 лет назад

    I was there a few weeks ago and it was so sad seeing this magnificent building in it's current condition. Sometimes I think architects believe going 'all modern' in repair work is the best option. It might be cheaper in some cases, but will it last the test of time?

    • @Phantom-gc2ns
      @Phantom-gc2ns 5 лет назад

      Planes, Trains, Everything. Modernization of the Cathedral will last longer than keeping the old design. Although i like to see the cathedral unchanged, for the cathedral to survive an unpredictable future, it must require some modernization

  • @billolsen4360
    @billolsen4360 3 года назад

    In the future, the millennial generation of France will be able to look back and be proud that they were the ones whose expertise & dedication restored Notre Dame. If you want passionate engineers, you need look no further than France.

  • @PaulaJoW
    @PaulaJoW 5 лет назад +6

    "Why? Why is this happening to our generation?" Huh? This is merely an accident/negligence on the part of human beings. It could and has happened to many historic buildings over centuries.

    • @n0rmal953
      @n0rmal953 4 года назад +1

      London59 Finally ,an intelligent comment. This type of thing happens throughout history and many cathedrals have been burned.

    • @MirrorMonolith
      @MirrorMonolith 4 года назад

      Oh both of you, save it. She was being emotionally candid and obviously rhetorical, qualified with “my first reaction was”. You and Luffy-whatever need to get a life.

    • @n0rmal953
      @n0rmal953 4 года назад +2

      MirrorMonolith i don’t hate on this woman actually, I was just sick after reading the comment section and seeing everyone talking about apocalypse, claiming that notre dame would be turned into a mosque, and that the wrath of god was simply coming down on us because we deserve it.
      Fires happened in cathedrals, nothing new, they are ancient and have an important wooden structure.

  • @overthehills_faraway8320
    @overthehills_faraway8320 4 года назад

    I'll come and lend a hand. Greetings from the US...

  • @MeisterWalder
    @MeisterWalder 4 года назад +4

    I feel like I'm in a "Jack Ryan" Episode.

  • @myplaylist.1121
    @myplaylist.1121 4 года назад

    Anything scheduled for disposal can be used to help raise funds I’d pay for a piece with certification.

  • @jimmorgan5612
    @jimmorgan5612 5 лет назад +11

    Still no real news of the cause. I do not believe it was accidental.

    • @notliquid1448
      @notliquid1448 5 лет назад

      There was real news actually.

    • @yalassa1
      @yalassa1 5 лет назад +1

      Jim does not believe those news are real. He does wait for someone to tell him what he wants to hear (that the muslims did it). So no need to try to influence him with your “real news”, Jim is smarter than that.

  • @petergreen2552
    @petergreen2552 5 лет назад +2

    Great how they got half a billion raised in a couple of days. Funny that. Just shows you that those with money would sooner see a church rebuilt than have hungry people fed and homeless people housed.

    • @tomvernon2123
      @tomvernon2123 3 года назад

      Art feeds the soul just as food feeds the body. Both are necessary for life.

  • @jamesipad204
    @jamesipad204 5 лет назад +1

    Has the cause of the fire come out yet?

  • @Matt_Hatt3r
    @Matt_Hatt3r 5 лет назад

    This is neat! And I love the narrator's accent 😄

  • @perro4996
    @perro4996 5 лет назад

    I liked the New designs with a glass celing. The stained glass is ruined anyway so they might as well let in some light. The New shining tower locked also great. Luckily the parts that burned was not the best parts of the building. The building can be improved.

  • @johnmonkus4600
    @johnmonkus4600 4 года назад

    It seems that aluminum or steel that are fireproof should be used to reconstruct the roof just like it was before the fire. Steel would have been used in Medieval times had it been available. The first step is to restore the roof, which would be used to support the restoration of the vaults.

  • @Felix-qm6fo
    @Felix-qm6fo 4 года назад +4

    If only humanity cared his much about restoring the rainforests

    • @joshwriter8508
      @joshwriter8508 4 года назад

      Felix 3322 underrated comment right here

  • @vkanthems6744
    @vkanthems6744 4 года назад

    2018 - Brazil National Museum
    2019 - Notre-Dame Cathedral
    2019 - Shuri Castle
    Why humans can't even preserve their history?

    • @abandonedchannel281
      @abandonedchannel281 4 года назад

      VKAnthems Neoliberalism mate, why preserve when you can make a quick buck

  • @josephvandevander6848
    @josephvandevander6848 4 года назад

    Geez!! How big IS that place??

  • @lesleydickson7746
    @lesleydickson7746 4 года назад +1

    It's a shame it wasn't laser scanned before the fire.

  • @j_y06
    @j_y06 5 лет назад

    0:50 they STILL have the old bells there. That's a surprise.

  • @w1ck3dd0g5
    @w1ck3dd0g5 4 года назад

    Tbh I think it would be cool to redesign it, fusing modernism with historical buildings.
    We can always make some sort of museum like the _history of the Notre Dame_ or something like that. That way, we won’t erase history completely.
    In my opinion, it shows how history changes over time.

    • @vince_c
      @vince_c 4 года назад

      While i also agree with you, i dont want them to make the roof, glass. I saw a render were the roof and spire was all glass and that is an abomination.

    • @w1ck3dd0g5
      @w1ck3dd0g5 4 года назад

      Vincent Cuevas
      Well, whatever happens, we just got to cherish the fact that they rebuilt it in the first place.
      I’m still thinking about the glass spire in the modern rebuild though. You gotta admit, even if you don’t want a modern rebuild, it’s pretty cool.
      Maybe we can fuse glass and the historical version of the roof together.

  • @fload46d
    @fload46d 5 лет назад

    Merci beaucoup. Hopefully something like a go fund me fund can be used to help in the reconstruction. Certainly people around the world would want to help.

  • @BrianJMonahan
    @BrianJMonahan 4 года назад

    The stinky smell and sickenning vaporous stink coming off the four or five hundred year old woodden beams in a cathederal in London I visited a week after this fire proved to me that It was a blessing in disguise to get rid of old wood thats diseased by time.

  • @marias7599
    @marias7599 4 года назад

    I wonder if they will rebuild the arcs following the original idea of using Wood instead of iron.

  • @francoiseperlaux2458
    @francoiseperlaux2458 5 лет назад +1

    Toujours pas de nouvelles pour savoir ce qu'il s'est exactement passé 😝😝😝🤩🤩🤩

    • @n0rmal953
      @n0rmal953 4 года назад

      Ptdr ma gueuse XDXDXDLOL

  • @gomarbuffinga.2604
    @gomarbuffinga.2604 5 лет назад +5

    Rebuild or redisign dont care i want people responsible for fire to pay! And answers

  • @johnderosa2276
    @johnderosa2276 5 лет назад +5

    Will San Chapelle be the next target ??

  • @andreavanderhoef635
    @andreavanderhoef635 5 лет назад +1

    My heart breaks...as well as a little of my faith in humanity....fire ravages the Norte Dame Cathedral in Paris. French Tycoons and Billionaires out pledge each other for reconstruction funds and notoriety. Now that $ is needed, the donors don't want to pay anything until they can see proposals, estimates and invoices.

  • @keithsage7258
    @keithsage7258 4 года назад

    Do the job right,don't skimp on quality, build it just like it was. From ..Canada and all of Americas.

  • @hblask4192
    @hblask4192 3 года назад +1

    The translation isn't on point... for exemple at 1:20 he is not saying "because they were too close to the fire burning for several hours inside..." but "because they were too close to the spire wich was burning inside the cathedreal for hours after collapsing".

  • @EricdaRED95
    @EricdaRED95 4 года назад +1

    Public: ?
    Architect: Notre-Dame Mini Mall coming soon!

    • @n0rmal953
      @n0rmal953 4 года назад

      Mais !? C’est pas blesipo les mecs et meufs!? Je béton sur des comm giquema. Trop cherbran pour moi toussa toussa. Je parles au jeuns m’a couille .

  • @importpappa
    @importpappa 5 лет назад

    i am thankful for technolgy to rebuild as original..

  • @leopardshepherd1165
    @leopardshepherd1165 4 года назад

    The only thing they should change from the original is use modern structural supports like metal reinforced walls so it’s stronger for the future without changing any visible aspects