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is that accurate? https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-47942176 https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-47942176 suggests the spire dates back to 12th
by smn1234 8y ago
is that accurate? https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-47942176 https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-47942176 suggests the spire dates back to 12th century whereas Wikipedia suggests, to your point, that it was recreated in the 19th century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris#Towers_and_the_Spire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris#Towers_and...
- rodelrod 8y agoThe old spire was taken down after the Revolution because it was in bad state and in danger of falling over the structure. A new one was built in the big mid-19th restoration of Viollet-le-Duc. Source, the chief architect of the current restoration works in this very interesting video tour (in French): https://www.facebook.com/lemonde.fr/videos/10155299594692590/ https://www.facebook.com/lemonde.fr/videos/10155299594692590...