It has been almost five years since a fire started at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
#notredame pic.twitter.com/FgU3uAr3PJ
— cristina mendez casacuberta (@ccasacub) April 15, 2019
There were screams from onlookers when the spire fell over and crashed through the burning roof of the cathedral.
La flèche de #NotreDame, en flammes, s’effondre https://t.co/1zqzJ3gzCu pic.twitter.com/Tw7dD8U6Y3
— Paris Match (@ParisMatch) April 15, 2019
Since then hundreds of millions of dollars have been donated to repair the damage and crews have been at work rebuilding the roof using some of the same techniques used by the original builders, i.e. they are doing some of the work with non-powered hand tools and without metal fasteners as a way to honor the original builders.
If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered…
