A fast-moving fire consumed the roof and toppled the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday. The main structure is expected to stand.
Its cornerstone was laid by Pope Alexander III on the site of a Roman temple to Jupiter in 1163, and it took nearly 200 years to complete.
“Every surface, every stone of this venerable pile, is a page of the history not only of the country, but of science and of art,” he wrote. “This architecture itself is the real artwork,” she said. “It’s built by hand. There’s little mortar. They didn’t use large-scale machinery to build it. Each stone was carved individually.”
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