As the people of Paris watch in horror and terrible images of the cathedral in flames are beamed around the world, so many people must be revisiting their treasured memories of this beautiful place. Here are a few of mine, posted in sadness and solidarity.
A walk by the Seine, Paris – December 2016
Click on any photo to view the gallery.
April 15, 2019 at 10:49 pm
Sadly doing the same.
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April 16, 2019 at 12:13 am
Thank you Judith, it is deeply shocking news and hard to believe. Good to be reminded of its glories..
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April 16, 2019 at 12:46 am
Thanks Judith, this was the first I knew of it.. what a shock!
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April 16, 2019 at 2:03 am
The fire at Notre Dame is hard to comprehend. Paris has lost part of its soul. President Macron has vowed to rebuild the building, but it will never really be the same. Thanks for the photo album.
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April 16, 2019 at 8:21 am
At least most of the stonework was saved but that will be small comfort to the people of Paris this morning.
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April 16, 2019 at 8:33 am
Dreadful news. And it’s hard to believe, but I’ve never visited, and now I never shall. I hardly know Paris at all, except through your blog.
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April 16, 2019 at 8:38 am
I went in to the cathedral on three or four occasions but it is its daily presence on the skyline, the soaring spire and the extraordinary details of the exterior stonework that will stay with me.
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April 16, 2019 at 9:13 am
Yes, I loved the detail in a couple of your photos. I keep on wondering what I would be feeling if it had been Chartres……
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April 16, 2019 at 9:30 am
I am sure we will witness a wonderful rebuild
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April 16, 2019 at 10:17 am
It will be a slow and difficult task but yes, I’m sure Notre Dame will rise from the ashes.
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April 16, 2019 at 3:35 pm
A professor at Vassar College, unfortunately now deceased, created a digital map of the intact cathedral that may help in the rebuilding. More about his work in this asrticle:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/04/laser-scans-could-help-rebuild-notre-dame-cathedral/587230/
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April 16, 2019 at 3:53 pm
Bless all. What a loss.
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