How terrible. A dear, dear friend and I had only 36 hours in Paris. So, we stayed at a romantic pension nearby and visited the cathedral three times; morning, early evening and midnight. And we could hear the bells where we stayed. On the midnight visit we actually encountered another frond from the US. This was all in about 1977. It was a sort of highlight of a lifetime; impossible to forget.
Over the centuries, many great cathedrals have suffered devastating fire. I have no doubt that Notre Dame will be rebuilt, as has been the tradition with virtually all of them. It is comforting to remember that such great edifices seem to have a life cycle that appears to include rising, phoenix-like, from the ashes. We may not live to see it, but I have faith that it will be so.
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