The iconic Notre Dame roof caught fire in 2019, and renovation work has been ongoing ever since.
“The aim is to pay tribute to the astounding craftsmanship of the cathedral’s original builders and to ensure that the centuries-old art of hand-fashioning wood lives on,”Carpenters and architects have been given a December 2024 deadline to restore the ravaged roof. They've also used computer models to speed up the ongoing reconstruction work.
They reported a major milestone in May after the perfect assemblage of timber frames, which was put together at a workshop in western France's Loire Valley. The architects also performed a dry run to test its fit, and it is now ready to be installed atop the cathedral. As many as 1,200 timber trees were chopped to create this frame.
He adds that the rebuilt work “is the same wooden frame structure of the 13th century. We have exactly the same material: oak. We have the same tools, with the same axes that were used exactly the same tools. We have the same know-how. And soon, it will return to its same place.”In April 2019, a massive fire ripped through this 12th-century Cathedral forThe fire episode allowed archaeologists to examine the landmark's hidden architectural details.
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