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Amishman

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8. The inner stone vault kept the worst of the fire out

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 11:27 AM

Apr 2019

The vault was only breached in the center where the steeple collapsed.

Of the four ends of the cathedral, the east end got the worst of it, and lost it's stained glass - but the east is the only end without a rose window.

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The Rose Window of Notre Dame (La Rosace Nord) appears to have survived. [View all] deminks Apr 2019 OP

Amazing! I'm so hoping these windows can be saved FakeNoose Apr 2019 #1

i dont know if that is true. in every art, there are folks intent on the old ways. mopinko Apr 2019 #9

During the Middle Ages, the manufacture of stained glass FakeNoose Apr 2019 #10

i dont want to argue about it. that is certainly the conventional wisdom. mopinko Apr 2019 #11

The 600 year-old wood organ survived too! TheBlackAdder Apr 2019 #2

WHAT!!!!!???? zipplewrath Apr 2019 #3

My daughter came in the room a little while ago, all happy the Rose Window & organ survived. TheBlackAdder Apr 2019 #4

Wow...and thank you for the info. EOM TruckFump Apr 2019 #5

Reporting all 3 MFM008 Apr 2019 #6

That is indeed wonderful news. deminks Apr 2019 #7

The inner stone vault kept the worst of the fire out Amishman Apr 2019 #8

This is good news, as bad as it was Raine Apr 2019 #12