The fire that engulfed Notre-Dame four years ago has revealed a long-hidden secret about the Paris landmark.
"Notre-Dame is now unquestionably the first known Gothic cathedral where iron was massively used to bind stones as a proper construction material," the study concludes.
It was not clear how the builders"dared — and succeeded — in putting up such thin walls to such a height," he said. The blaze on April 15, 2019, exposed iron staples used to hold the cathedral's stone blocks together. Some appeared in the frame of the building, others fell smoldering to the ground in the heat of the blaze.There are staples of varying sizes, ranging from 10 to 20 inches long, some weighing up to a few kilos.
"This is the first truly massive use of iron in a Gothic cathedral, in very specific places," L'Heritier said.
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