The 180,000 bees housed on the rooftop of Notre Dame miraculously survived the fire, as their hives, as indicated in the photo below, were just outside the burn-zone. Their beekeeper says the smoke didn't hurt them (since they don't have lungs), it just made them fall asleep. 🐝
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France's Interior Minister, Christophe Castaner, thanks the firefighters involved in tackling the blaze.
J’ai vu, le cœur serré, les parisiens vous applaudir, blottis autour de
#NotreDame
.
Cette clameur je sais qu’elle a résonné partout dans le pays, dans chaque ville, dans chaque village, dans chaque hameau.
Vous êtes nos héros.
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Remarkable video shot by a firefighter this afternoon, showing, from above, the damage to the roof.
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If you're in the US and would like to donate to the restoration of the Cathedral, this is the official fund. The Friends of Notre-Dame is a 501c3 public charity; all gifts are tax deductible in the United States.
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Beautifully phrased tweet, and a sentiment I'm sure shared by many.
I have not often wept for joy in my life, but hearing all three of
#NotreDame
’s rose windows have been saved is nothing short of a miraculous joy
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Good French summary of what's now known about the Rose Windows: All three of the large Rosaces have survived, but the two small Rosaces that stood above the larger ones on the North and South transepts appear to have been destroyed.
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We have Victor Hugo to thank for the famous gargoyles (which fortunately seem to have been undamaged by the fire).
A daguerreotype of
#NotreDame
before restoration work began in the 1840s. Note the absence of any gargoyles (removed centuries earlier) - Viollet-le-Duc decided to add them after reading Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame, basing them on other French gargoyles he studied.
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"Why should I weep for a nineteenth-century spire? Because, like all medievalists, I understand and value the life cycle of Medieval Things. Nothing makes it from the Middle Ages to the 21st century without being transformed along the way."
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Some good photos in the thread, and quite apart from this,
@medievalhistory
is an account definitely worth following.
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Notre-Dame fire: Bees on roof survived, beekeeper says. “The bees are alive. [...] the spokesperson at the cathedral confirmed to me that [the bees] were coming in and out of the hives.”
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Breaking: The Associated Press are claiming "Tourist mecca Notre Dame also revered as place of worship."
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I'm looking forward to the forthcoming AP report: "Islam increasingly popular in Saudi Arabian resort Mecca”
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The most detailed account yet of Monsigneur Fournier's actions in helping to rescue the relics from Notre Dame. “I asked Jesus — and I really believe he is present in these hosts — to fight the flames and preserve the building dedicated to his mother.”
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"Removing his crown and wearing only a humble tunic (another holy relic saved during the fire at Notre-Dame), Louis walked barefoot carrying the relic into Paris in a spectacular procession on August 19, 1239."
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@incunabula
@Octanexit
@m_gael
@CamilleBrunel
à vérifier mais si ça se confirme, c'est une bonne nouvelle. C'est décidemment résistant les gilets jaunes
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“The respiratory system in insects is a series of hollow tubes connected to air sacs in the body. The openings of these hollow tubes are called spiracles. The tubes are called trachea which then provide oxygen and gas exchange to all tissues in the body”
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@incunabula
Honey bees don’t sleep. They react to smoke by perceiving it as a forest fire and gorge themselves on honey in order to take food and find a new hive. I’m surprised they didn’t vacate the hives.
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