PARIS, March 19 — The fire that engulfed Notre-Dame four years ago has revealed a long-hidden secret about the Paris landmark: It was the first Gothic cathedral in which iron...
PARIS, March 19 — The fire that engulfed Notre-Dame four years ago has revealed a long-hidden secret about the Paris landmark: It was the first Gothic cathedral in which iron staples were used extensively throughout construction.
It was the tallest building of its time, with vaults reaching up to 32 metres , according to a study published in the journalMaxime L’Heritier, an archaeologist at University Paris 8 and the study’s lead author, told AFP that some elements of the building’s construction remained unknown, even after all these centuries.
The blaze on April 15, 2019, exposed iron staples used to hold the cathedral’s stone blocks together. They were found in many different parts of the cathedral, including in the walls of the nave, the choir tribunes and in parts of the cornice.
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