Really gutting me. Been there so many times on so many beautiful trips. It really is the center of the most beautiful city I've ever seen, much more so than the Eiffel Tower. For those who haven't visited, the cathedral sits on the Île de la Cité, an island in the center of the Seine that was the original location of Paris.
The foundations of Notre Dame were set in the early 1100's. Staggering to think of it.
The amount of history lost here is deeply saddening. My heart goes out to our friends in Paris and all of France. Terrible.
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Originally Posted by frankmcr
Wait - so "renovation" can cause a huge stone building to burst into flames???
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No one knows the cause yet. Given the timing at Easter week, it's easy to speculate, but we don't know anything.