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York Minster suffered a massive fire after a lightning strike, but was restored: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-28112373 https://www

• pmyteh 8y ago
  That wasn't so bad - the damage was concentrated on one of the transepts (the short 'arms' of the cross-shaped floor plan) and took out the roof but not the walls. The damage was repaired in four years at a cost of only a few million pounds. This is much worse. Also, York Minster (like, I suspect, Notre Dame) has world-class stonemasons and glaziers with expertise in medieval building methods, which certainly helps with the restoration.