A huge crowd watched the sky above Paris, an even bigger crowd followed the events online. In Paris one ot its most prestigious churches burnt in a firethat broke out on early evening of april the 15th. Notre-Dame de Paris was built more than 800 years ago. Renovation work is thought to have caused the fire that destroyed parts of the wooden roof as well as the famous stone flèche of the cathedral.
The 19the century stone flèche of Notre Dame has collapsed in the early evening.
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Le Figaro gives voice to historian Camille Pascal who laments the lost.
“It’s an amputation of the national memory and the French identity. For more than eight and a half centuries the cathedral has watched over France. There is not a single happy or sad event that was not heralded by its bells. Above and beyond the changes of various governments it is not going too far to say that what has gone up in flames is the heart of the nation, our very essence. Whether you’ve been French for centuries or since yesterday, and whatever your religion, Notre-Dame de Paris is France itself.”
French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged that the cathedral will be rebuilt. This cathedral, we will rebuild it all together, “said the President of the Republic, declaring to have” a thought “for both “Catholics”, “Parisians and Parisians”, and all of his” compatriots ” “. The head of state announced that a “national subscription” would be launched from Tuesday, April 16 to help rebuild the monument.
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For hours the hashtag Notre Dame trended on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.