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"The 80-ton support, known as the tabouret, or stool, was built in the town of Briey by carpenters employing centuries-old woodworking craftsmanship as well as modern-day methods such as 3-D modeling and laser measurement. In recent weeks, element by giant element, it was hoisted by cranes onto the cathedral’s gusty rooftop, a bravura ballet performed 180 feet in the air."
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-05-30/paris-notre-dame-spire-reconstruction-devastating-fire
'Sanchez said he believed emotion surrounding Notre Dame did not necessarily involve religious faith. In a message to his congregation days after the cathedral went up in flames, he called it a house of God, but a home to all.
'“Notre Dame is a witness to humanity’s history,” he wrote. “This fire reminds us how fragile our existence is.”'
My fascination with Notre Dame as a building was renewed recently because its pre-fire aspect — with spire — appears frequently in exterior location scenes in the television series "The Paris Murders" on PBS Passport.
Beautiful, if you like that kinda thing. Set to reopen at the end of 2024.
"The 61-year-old American is from Grand Marais, Minnesota."
"SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France — If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument's fire-ravaged roof."
https://www.startribune.com/notre-dames-fire-ravaged-roof-rebuilt-using-medieval-techniques/600278655/
@rationaldoge the story about the restoration is interesting, but calling it "a home to all" is nothing but a lie. The building means different things to different people—and while it's true that the building is a witness to a lot of history, the history it represents to some of us is radically different than to some others, and certainly not homelike.