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The latest news said that the structure is mostly saved. Looking at some aerial pictures (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4OFOKMWkAEEHsz.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com
by kakwa_ 8y ago
The latest news said that the structure is mostly saved.
Looking at some aerial pictures (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4OFOKMWkAEEHsz.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4OFOKMWkAEEHsz.jpg), it looks like the vault is holding except maybe for the section above the transept area (where the spire collapsed), but it has probably suffered, if not from the collapse of the roof, the heat has probably weakened it.
But yes, one or two decades of restoration is a realistic estimation, it's roughly what it took for other cathedrals to be restored (Rouen, Reims) after the World Wars (hopefully Notre-Dame will be in a better state after the disaster)
- treis 8y agoIt looks like some sections of the vault did collapse: https://images.scribblelive.com/2019/4/15/556d889a-06ba-4094-b0d7-aa2dc27bf3f0.jpg https://images.scribblelive.com/2019/4/15/556d889a-06ba-4094...