Letters: ‘My Heart Broke When I Found Out Notre-Dame Was Burning’
Readers lament the damage sustained by the cathedral—and discuss its rebuilding.
The Fire at Notre-Dame
On Monday, Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, France, caught fire. Parts of the structure—which had survived plague and wars of religion, the French Revolution, and the Nazis—were severely damaged, including the iconic spire and wooden roof.
The history of sacred structures across the globe can be defined by ruin and repair, ; Rachel Donadio argued that the devastation. And Alexis C. Madrigal : The late Andrew Tallon, a pioneering architectural historian, scanned every piece of the cathedral, inside and out, and created 3-D images that may be able to help with reconstruction.
