French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild the Notre Dame cathedral within five years after it was ravaged by fire. In an address to the nation, President Macron said: "We have so much to rebuild. Yes we will rebuild the cathedral and we will make it more beautiful and I want that to be done in five years.
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » Would you say the same if the G.P.O or the 4 courts burned down tomorrow?
4ensic15 wrote: » They have already burned down.
4ensic15 wrote: » St mel's Cathedral in Longford burned down and there was no great outpouring of grief in ireland or anywhere else. A burned cathedral is just that, a burned cathedral.
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » What part of tomorrow confused you? :rolleyes:
TitianGerm wrote: » The Catholic Church has more than enough money to fully fund a rebuild of any church in the world.
4ensic15 wrote: » What part of yesterday were you not following. The GPO was burned to bits in 1916, the Four Courts in 1922.
quodec wrote: » They've done a hell of a job on the rebuild though! The before and after photos of St Mels are amazing. I'd say some of the specialists who helped there could well be required in Paris.
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » That wasn't the question i asked though was it?
MrMusician18 wrote: » You're obviously not from Longford. From people I know from the town, there was a real sadness when their cathedral burned down.
4ensic15 wrote: » Locals will be sad if any building burns.
MrMusician18 wrote: » You said there was no outpouring of grief. You were wrong, there was.
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » I see Macron has vowed to rebuild within 5 years.https://f7td5.app.goo.gl/4sqwB
4ensic15 wrote: » The two buildings are already rebuilt from ruins. Another burning is not going to be any worse than before. Many fine buildings were deliberately destroyed and many others neglected to the point of ruin. Just because some people saw the building in a movie they are shedding crocodile tears.
B0jangles wrote: » That's sounds insane to me. I would have estimated that it'd take 5 years just to plan the project - to survey the rest of the building for any hidden damage, to identify and source the various materials and experts needed for each element that's been lost. (
vargoo wrote: » The one in longford was 5 years.
vargoo wrote: » Why is this going to cost billions to rebuild? Longford was 30 million.
Timberrrrrrrr wrote: » The point i am making (and seems to have gone over your head) is thatbif they burned down tomorrow they woukd be rebuilt! Some people just have no interest or love of history i suppose.
4ensic15 wrote: » Some people don't know much history it seems. They burned before and were not re-instated. New buildings went up in place of what was there before, with the exception of the facades. New wine in old bottles.
jimbobaloobob wrote: » €600,000,000 already pledged. It sits uncomfortable with me how quick big organisations are to pledge to restore a building when you think of some of the tragedies and atrocities like Darfur, Aleppo, Ethiopia, Haiti to name just four that we hear all so regular in the news after their disasters.
