Notre Dame De Paris Before Fire
See notre dame center right.
Notre dame de paris before fire. From an album of photographs taken by the luftwaffe unit 4. Notre dame de paris was the tallest gothic cathedral when it was built. Firefighters worked through the night to extinguish the blaze. Before the fire 13 million people visited the cathedral every year making it the most visited monument in paris but the entrance to the crypt is discreet and off to the side and many visitors.
A huge fire broke out at paris famed notre dame cathedral on monday causing extensive damage to the 850 year old structure before eventually being extinguished. Notre dame de paris in pictures. Though it may not give us much comfort to learn that the total or partial destruction of churches by fire was a fairly common occurrence in medieval europe it does provide some perspective. On 15 april 2019 just before 18 20 cest a structure fire broke out beneath the roof of notre dame de paris cathedral in paris by the time it was extinguished the building s spire collapsed and most of its roof had been destroyed and its upper walls severely damaged.
A massive fire tragically broke out at the historic notre dame cathedral in paris on monday. The blaze that engulfed the cathedral of notre dame on the small island known as the île de la cité in paris in april 2019 was a terrible tragedy. These before and after photos. Netizens all across the world are sharing images of the cathedral before the fire in all its glory.
Photograph by the compagnie aérienne française from the rené huyghe archive. Aerial view of paris 1941. Extensive damage to the interior was prevented by its stone vaulted ceiling which largely contained the burning roof as it. The 850 year old notre dame cathedral in paris france caught fire on monday evening to the horror of onlookers in paris and around the world.
And of course before that revolution in 1830 napoleon had been crowned here as emperor of france and so there really is this powerful historical tradition that begins in the medieval world but goes right up to the modern. Here we take a look back at its 850 year old history.