I remember watching the live footage just floored that another well known monument was being lost. I’m so glad it was able to be refurbished and reconstructed with such care and love
Well done to that carpenter and all the other specialist people who helped to restore that badly damaged cathedral. This is what I call amazing team work and true craftsmanship...
@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei It already is in a book. And the people restoring it add to the book of its history. Can't you be grateful that the world has such an amazing and ornate structure to showcase?
I visited there by coincidence back in 2018. My friend were on an open top bus when it suddenly started to rain and lightly hail. Everyone crammed down to the bottom - standing room only - water was sloshing everywhere as we drove around Paris. Suddenly, the rain stopped so my friend and I got off at the next stop, which just so happened to be Notre Dame. Then, it started raining again! So, we started running to find cover in Notre Dame. We walked in and the entire place felt warm and aglow. There was a choir quietly singing and people sitting listening to them while others explored the cathedral.
This was a stunning report close to perfection on all counts - audio, videography, script and delivery by Kier. Really hit home seeing the work from this perspective using period tools and techniques - reminiscent of classical musicians playing period instruments while perfoming centuries old music. The parallel was palpable. Spot on great energy reporting.
Unfortunately, there is now another historic spire that needs to be rebuilt - and for the same terrible reason. Hopefully some of the people can now help Copenhagen.
Fascinating. I’d love to see a separate piece on the crafting of the vintage tools used by the workers. And another one about the search for the thousands of oak trees needed for the restoration. I recall hearing initially that they didn’t believe there were enough mature oaks left in all of France to handle the needs of the restoration. This American craftsman (or any other craftsman for that matter) who was there for five years could author a very interesting story about what the work was like.
Watching this beautiful old lady burn was physically painful, and I was sick with worry, waiting for the walls to cave in without the roof to hold them up. I am so, so happy that she survived and that she's almost ready to welcome visitors again.
I visited there on March 26, 2019 with my US and World history classmates in high school for spring break. I remember my teacher during passing time telling me about it 2 weeks after coming back to the USA. It’s gonna be crazy once we look back and realize this is just part of the long history it has
@@francoisleyrat8659 First It wasn't just Euros raised it was donations from everywhere, Second the US dollar is just what everything is compared to, and thirdly dollars and Euros are very similar in value.
Glad to see this coming to completion. I remember just after the fire, there were proposals to "modernize" the cathedral -- I remember seeing one that had a modern glass roof and spire. Thank God they didn't go with that sort of monstrosity. Notre Dame is a medieval building. It should look like a medieval building. I'm glad saner heads prevailed.
0:45 - You really needed to get that pronunciation correct...... The guys name is apparently "Hank Silver". What you said sounded like "Silva" and that name from New England implies a very distinct connection that isn't there.
The single lesson that has not been learned, during work on an ancient building a nighttime fire watchman is a LOT cheaper than a rebuild. Hear that Copenhagen?
There was one as well as multiple smoke detectors that went off. But he wasn’t properly trained and cleared the first alarm as a false alarm. Also it happened during the day.
the French authorities were lamentable in their anticipation. On the other hand, they were brilliant in the reconstruction. (A firefighter remembered that there was a giant ladder at Versailles. He called from Notre Dame and the ladder arrived. It undoubtedly saved the cathedral.
In India, many temples of such scale were destroyed by invaders. One of such is Brihadeeshwara temple in Tamil Nadu. Just imagine all of these wooden things now done in stone thousands of years ago...
It isn't about the religion, Notre Dame is a national monument in France like the Eiffel Tower. Letting it crumble is like letting France itself be erased from existence
@@yenko5196 Teachable moment: if you don't want people to see your racism, don't put black churches in quotes as if they are not real. That portrays a lack of understanding. There are black people in France and majority black churches all over the world. Regardless of each individual country, systemic racism and anti-blackness is a global problem. If Notre Dame were a historically black church that had burned, the public's reaction would be very different. The public would respond with mostly apathy
They did. Thanks to that, for instance, a new generation of specialized workers were trained, especially in some specific jobs that were almost extinct. Many students in engineer classes decided after their studies to learn either carpentry or stone tailoring thanks to what they saw visiting different working sites.. So just for that, it's not a waste of time or money
@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei Why would they be out of work ?? Source ? There is a lot of work in this trade, all along France and Europe, without speaking about all the experimental archaeology sites. Of course they used the older generations (duh!) to teach the younger. That's how it works for thousands of years. Spontaneous generations don't exist. I don't know what you try to prove. You seem to be a Nobel Price, are you ?
Proof that many landmarks are fakes, mere replicas representing the past. It's like the ship of Theseus, at what point does the original structure no longer exist
A complete disgrace. Instead of giving it to the poor who need it, they rebuilt an obsolete pile of bricks. Jesus would roll over in his grave if he hadn’t transcended this circus called life. 🤡
