According to Agence France-Presse, at about 7 p.m. local time on the 15th, notre dame cathedral in Paris, France, suddenly caught fire, the rose window was flooded by the fire, the top load was burned, and the iconic tower was also burned, causing huge losses.
Most people know notation of Notre Dame, mainly through the novel "Notre Dame de Paris" by the French writer Victor Hugo.
Founded in 1163 and with a history of nearly 800 years, Notre Dame de Paris is a world-class artistic treasure and the earliest and most famous Gothic building in France. This church-like building, which originated in Notre Dame, soon spread along trade routes to Western Europe, and Germany and Britain followed suit.
At the same time, As one of the three cathedrals in Europe, Notre Dame de Paris has a very high status in the French, and even in the whole of Europe, which is the pride of the French people.
In addition, With its lofty status, Notre Dame de Paris also smoothly survived the war-torn and noisy Period of World War II.
In August 1944, the Allies landed from Normandy and pointed their swords straight at Paris, and a large-scale uprising broke out inside Paris. To this end, Hitler decided to make a move "fish dead net", intending to let the German general Scholtetz, who was in charge of the defense of Paris, blow up Paris.
However, in the face of Hitler's urging, Scholtetz did not immediately carry out the order to bomb Paris, and even though the explosives had been laid, Scholtetz decided to save Paris and hinder the Luftwaffe air raid by lying about the military information.
The Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame cathedral and the Battle of Versailles in Paris were preserved, and afterwards, Scholteez gave the reason that such a majestic building should be preserved.
After the war, France also expressed its special gratitude to Scholtetz for saving the spirit of France.
However, Notre Dame de Paris escaped the war of World War II, but it did not escape the fires of peacetime.
According to the Paris Fire Brigade, the main frame of Notre Dame cathedral, the rectangular tower, and the valuables in it have been rescued.
French President Emmanuel Macron also said when visiting the fire site that he would launch a global fundraising as soon as possible and called on all people of insight to participate in the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Pray that Notre Dame will still be reborn in the hands of the French people.