Notre Dame Cathedral Attic

Notre dame cathedral in september 2018.

Notre dame cathedral attic.

Nɔtʁə dam də paʁi. During a restoration campaign in 2019 a fire broke out in the cathedral s attic and the massive blaze destroyed most of the roof viollet le duc s 19th century spire and some of the rib vaulting. From notre dame de paris maurice de sully association to kick off the project workers cleared 21 hectares of oak. Images from notre dame s website show the wood frame of the cathedral.

Monday s fire at the notre dame cathedral started in the attic. The image from april 17 shows the aftermath of the recent fire the main roads and bridges that span the seine river and lead to the cathedral. The attic he added was notre dame s. Meaning our lady of paris referred to simply as notre dame is a medieval catholic cathedral on the île de la cité in the 4th arrondissement of paris the cathedral was consecrated to the virgin mary and considered to be one of the finest examples of french gothic architecture its pioneering use of the rib vault and flying buttress.

Pictured above is a view of the attic that was posted on the cathedral s website. The attic is an oddly shaped space seldom visited that lies above the soaring stone arches visible from the floor of old european cathedrals. Notre dame de paris french. The popularity of victor hugo s historical novel notre dame de paris 1831 wherein the cathedral is the setting was said to have inspired the renovations.