A year has passed from the day when the fire engulfed the famous Cathedral Notre Dame in Paris.
People all over the world were devastated when the fire broke out under the roof of the Cathedral of the XIII century and spread rapidly.
Hundreds of millions of dollars were donated for reconstruction and the President of France Emmanuel macron had intended to open Notre Dame in 2024.
A year after the fire much of the building remains covered in forest, as builders work to restore the Cathedral to its former glory.
General of the army, responsible for the restoration, Jean-Louis Georgelin said date 2024 may still be achieved despite the quarantine because of the coronavirus.
«If everyone rolled up sleeves, and work well plan, the opening of the Church for five years will not be an impossible feat. Perhaps the spire is not yet completed, but the Cathedral will once again be a place of worship, and it is our goal,» said Georgelin.
The roof will be restored as it looked before the fire, but the French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced a competition of architectural project for the new spire. This decision caused some dispute with Jorgelina, who said that it would be better if everyone will work to restore as quickly as possible.
The rector building, Patrick Chauvet, told the BBC:
«Still very fragile. A strong enough storm, and everything can move. When the old scaffolding, which are welded together, will be removed, then we can say that the Church saved. Notre Dame is 850 years old woman. She wounded lady. And for all older people who are in quarantine or in isolation in nursing homes, I think there is a symbolic link. Around Notre Dame is also no one, but he is not abandoned.»
More than 500 firefighters were trying to save a priceless monument of architecture, when a fire started on 15 April 2019 at 18:20.
Only 9:30 in the morning the next day, officially announced that the fire is extinguished. As a result of the fire two-thirds of the roof was destroyed and the spire collapsed as part of a vaulted ceiling.
