Take An Exclusive Tour Of The Notre Dame Cathedral Restoration Project

More than two years since a fire tore destroyed historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in a matter of hours, hope is rising through the rubble. NBC’s Molly Hunter got an exclusive tour inside the cathedral.
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#NotreDame #Cathedral #Paris

[@kathycerdena2032]

Thank you for the donors who helped bring back this beautiful Holy church to its former glory. It showed God's beauty and the peace I got visiting this place as a pilgrim, will hopefully be felt by others soon.🙏💒💞😇

[@SlayerofFiction]

No thanks to the Catholic Church who are charged with Maintenance and stiffed not only gods disciples, but donor's as well who had to put up the coin they would not.

[@ohcanada8084]

Such a tragic loss of old historical architecture that had withstood time, the elements, and wars. Even though it will be rebuilt, the loss of the historic building will be strongly felt forever ☹️☹️

[@magicskyway]

The architecture is still there. Roof and spire (spire was part of 19th c. renovation, so not even remotely original) were destroyed, and portions of the vaulted ceiling were heavily damaged. That's it.

[@javierpacheco8234]

I'm happy that it's being restored. Macron expects and demands it to be finished by 2024 which is very unlikely because it's a lot of work to be made and that's according to experts in construction. It can take up to 15 years and I'm happy if they follow that method so it can be made with great quality.

[@Bastillius]

It is a symbol of faith to the world

[@javierpacheco8234]

@@Bastillius yes it is and it will be beautiful again once it's completed.

[@EddieYettie]

@C Parton how do you know?

[@corduerorose9747]

2 years ago i thought this French landmark was gone for good but thanks to the architect and construction workers the Notre dame of Paris is back 😁👍

[@CitronCassis]

In reality, the cathedral will be opened for cult in December 2024, but works will continue till 2030 to consolidate the exterior pillars of the choir (bedside). It was due prior to the fire but became mandatory after all the water and destabilization of the fire. Also, it was necessary to have a tight planning : - to remove the old scaffolding and cover the vaults with a temporary roof from the rain - to elevate the wooden roof and covering it from the rain. - also, the treatment of the painting and vaults was better to be done quickly to prevent further damages inside the stones. Also, for special projects like this with the State will, you have the money and everybody is on board : all the best craftmen (compagnons guild workers), the architects, archeologists, historians and even many workers coming from the whole Europe) it is better to have a tight planning compared to a very slow project where you are waiting for one or another company, and your budget explodes. Finally, there is a « tradition » of presidential projects for culture. Every important president would launch a culture project (museum, etc) and this would be done with excellence and quick planning. Mitterand transformed Le Louvre (pyramid etc), Chirac built a museum for Asian African art. Hollande did nothing lol😂 Macron launched a museum for French language (outside Paris for once) in 5 years with the renovation of the last non renovated castle of the king Francois Ier. => It was a huge renovation, creation of roofs, and creation of a museum inside in less than 5 years. And it was a very good work. So after the fire, Macron just added another huge project with the cathedral, and everybody (craftmen, State, historian, architects…) followed. We also have to praise the Militarian general appointed by Macron (General Georgelin) who managed to put everybody on board with this tight planning. Not sure anybody else would have been as successful to create agreement between archeologists, architects, craftmen guilds (compagnons) etc. as everybody had their view and wanted what was the best for the cathedral. PS : there are a lot of renovations in France that take forever to be finalized, and sometimes damages and risks are not taken as seriously as we should. We hope that this project will have positive effects of other projects (knowledge, new know-how, new young men trained with the compagnons guild etc).

[@Vulpovile]

I'm so glad they're not "modernizing" it, that was absolutely disgusting to see as an option

[@LyrionLee]

Fakinel, that voiceover really does snap you out of the gothic beauty of it all.

[@southerncalifornia42]

God Bless Notre Dame too ☘️

[@katpage9378]

Oh the fire wasn’t as bad as I thought!!! I imaged the WHOLE thing came down. So relieved to see it was only a section, and the beautiful main front towers remain

[@earthrocker48]

We saw it burn down and watched the heart of Paris break. I’m looking forward to seeing it rebuilt to its glory.

[@magicskyway]

It didn't "burn down." Roof and spire were destroyed, and portions of the vaulted ceiling were heavily damaged. That's it.

[@earthrocker48]

@@magicskyway oaky you have facts. 50 points to you.

[@thelatterdayarbiter]

Morning in Paris, the fire had died with the ash of Notre Dame people did cry out of what they had lost from inside of Notre Dame then they took up the tools to replenish restore sanctify return the calm and from out of the ire that came with the fire will rise will rise our Notre Dame! if you sang that, you are awesome!

[@c-historia]

Il cuore della Francia vera, la vera Francia è Notre Dame e tutte le cattedrali gotiche

[@walterulasinksi7031]

Once the side walls at the main piers can be fully stabilized, the main ribs of the central arches can be scaffold formed and replaced with new stones where needed. Once the arch ribs are in place, then the hardest part of the vaulting becomes apparent. Each stone in the vaulting must be cut and fitted exactly with the downside curved to the correct shape and angled in two directions to fit the dual arch of the vault curves. Because of the fire there is distortion that will need to have a stabilizing framework above all the vaulting arches to prevent the outward push on the weakened wall structure. The best lightweight material for 5his permanent purpose is structural aluminum as vaulted trusses above the entire vaulted ceiling before any roof structure or vaulting stones are EMP laced.

[@margaretm6065]

i was the only family member to not have been to Paris or see the notre dame before the fire, but my dad and 2 brothers went there while me and my mom stayed home when i was little and then my mom went there with her boyfriend without me, even though i at 1 point am upset and now thinking about i wasn't too big wanting to go there

[@MrAquinas1]

It is interesting that fire destroyed the altar for the Novus Ordo Mass, but the altar for the Traditional Latin Mass was intact.

[@yaboilemonboi5223]

Went from renovation project to restoration project real quick.

[@77ralphv]

3/20/22 We need an update on Notre Dame Cathedral Restoration. Been a while.

[@CitronCassis]

There is a série of France 24 English channel on KZbin. It is good quality : « Notre Dame revisited : 2,3, and 4 years after the fire ». Also available in Spanish and French.

[@samirluqman920]

Lord frollo must have had something to do with it

[@Nooneishereonlyme]

I agree

[@revanshamas9894]

I took a picture in 2014 was so beautiful and amazing church ever seen after the hagia sofia church in Istanbul turkey

[@erepsekahs]

Guess they will be installing a first class sprinkler system from now on....and better get some bomb-sniffing dogs too.

[@rr7firefly]

The idea that there are people who would attempt such a criminal act of destruction makes me very sad.

[@erepsekahs]

@@rr7firefly 'Sad' That is a very polite word, and certainly a long way from any word I would choose. Don't turn the other cheek...that way you are absolutely guaranteed to get smashed on both sides......Your enemy is proving it.

[@rr7firefly]

@@erepsekahs I'm curious to know what you mean by "enemy." Is that a general or specific entity? I know that there is evil in this world and it is important to be vigilant.

[@erepsekahs]

@@rr7firefly I guess an enemy is someone or something that is trying to hurt you physically or mentally....or damage the things you love and respect or even to put words in your mouth because they think they are clever and can cause you trouble. Wouldn't you agree?

[@rr7firefly]

@@erepsekahs Okay, so you were not referring to any specific enemy. I just wondered if you had a particular demographic profile for this enemy. I guess not.

[@excaperr4722]

Allons, enfants de le patrie! Le jour de Glorie ést arrive! 🇫🇷

[@ericquezada3955]

🙏

[@ikke2828]

❤

[@claretblue2509]

It wasn’t just the us donating

[@jesusplease8512]

the US is the only real country

[@weasley2o13]

The cheerful tone of the anchor is so disrespectful. Not only are you walking into sacred ground, you're litterally walking through a masterpiece. I'm Jewish, I couldn't love being Jewish enough and I'm damm proud of where I come from, but I cried when it happened, I cried when I saw the pictures, and I cried again watching this video. Three times. 1-because of how broken this beautiful place is now. 2-because there's something so powerful about the foundations she now has. She's healing. And those metal monsters are her life support. 3-because I can barely count on 1 hand the things that are sacred to both religious people and artists (only seperated to make a point), and here's this young woman, all smiley and giddy and joking about being afraid of heights and asking shallow questions like will you be done by the Olympics so tourists can enjoy it and bring in more money? And she has no idea how majestic this place is, how deeply it impacted the lives of millions of people who were smart enough to realize just how lucky they were stepping into it (myself included, 4 weeks before the fire), and her overjoyed approach is so dismissive it should practically be a sin. You're embarassing lady, educate yourself. Stat.

[@iscreamfitness]

Rear or rare acces ?

[@JohannesRichter87]

859 ans. Notre génération a accompli un exploit incroyable en brûlant l'église. Les ancêtres doivent être fiers d'une telle capacité à prendre soin de l'histoire et du patrimoine de l'humanité. (contient de l'ironie)

[@CitronCassis]

Effectivement. Espérons que cela permette de réveiller les consciences. La petite ville de mes parents (Chalon sur Saône) a depuis mené des exercices d’incendies dans la cathédrale (notamment en vue d’un chantier de rénovation intérieure). Aussi, l’aspect transmission des savoirs a une jeune génération d’artisants et de Compagnons, les découvertes archéologiques et techniques auront des répercussions positives pour les chantiers futurs. Bcp de découvertes ou de re-découvertes dans plein de secteurs (foresterie, artisanat, archéologie du son, statues de l’ancien jubet retrouvées sous le sol de la cathédrale.

[@MikeHawksBig69]

Soon the church bells will ring and we will be able to sing songs, listen to gospels and pray inside again. God bless the Catholic Church.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

They are removing the Altar and Confessionals. This won't be a church.

[@LightForxes]

@@silverhawkscape2677 Where’s the proof?

[@eugenieponleve667]

@@silverhawkscape2677 The 19th C confessionals have been disused since the early 60's,but the main altar will be replaced or services couldn't be held (the local parishioners are presently demanding for a new one ,for the one that stood before the fire was " a mere cube of stone "as they call it and that was an accurate description, from the 70's,I guess,to show simplicity and most people didn't like it.

[@nonchablunt]

They cut out their smoking break. Too soon?

[@crickittorres8077]

I wad blessed to be invited to go worth my daughter and stepmother as she showed us beautiful Paris and it was wonderful.thanks Mellisa Neely Mayer you ate very very special and I'm thankful to call you my friend. I love you very much.

[@Turboy65]

Such is the state of journalism today, that the description of this video written by some Today staffer is a stellar example of bad writing. "since a fire tore destroyed historic Notre Dame"....seriously? Edit much? Is English a new language to you?

[@nobilesnovushomo58]

1:48. You sound pretty sad they didn’t turn Notre Dame cathedral‘s roof into glass…

[@christianfolk]

“A cathedral will open just in time for the Paris Olympics?” Got it : ) The tourists are more important than church services nowadays.

[@graces4845]

So sad 😞

[@1959Berre]

Obviously, money makes the world go round. The days of religion as the most important aspect of life are long gone. Sports, tourism and consumption will be responsable for the restauration of the Notre Dame. There is no god, there are no angels, the heavens are empty and there is no afterlife. Deal with it.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

@@1959Berre Why don't you deal with it yourself as you live your meaningless consumerist life in this rat race all the while that pension fund and social services are collapsing because they were unsustainable from the start. Talk to anyone honest about what the pension system actually is and they'll say the same thing. A Ponzi scheme. What? You didn't think a growing elderly population living longer while a shrinking younger working class wasn't going to affect your pension? Those social services will be gone soon.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Makes it thinks it was burned for a higher reason. It was no longer God's house.

[@notcrazy6288]

@@silverhawkscape2677 Of course it was and still is. Do you think that those tourists visited it for no reason? They wanted to see one of the greatest cathedrals on earth. They wanted to see a thousand year old building that defies construction even with our technology and machinery. They wanted to see the beautiful and ingenius artwork that was practically holy scripture made real. They wanted to smell the incense and feel the divine. Cathedrals were built to bring people to God, and there's nothing wrong with wanting it built in time for a big event so that hundreds of thousands of people can come see it. I just hope they rebuild it as it was before, and not try to 'improve' it.

[@floydiandreamscapes5145]

Men who work at those heights have some special kind of nerve. 20ft up and my knees feel weak.

[@worldview730]

What's my bill $$$, for this grand undertaking sir?

[@battison.1010]

Ryan started the fire.

[@jadesluv]

I find it amazing that it took a worker 30 minutes to findthe fire when it first started. Stupid building caretakers not to have a working array of smoke detectors that could pinpoint a fire and wired to the fire department, Morons at the helm....will it ever be restored to its previous glory?

[@eugenieponleve667]

There were many smoke detectors in the beam structure,but alarms rang quite often and the guard that went to check did not see any smoke and no wonder ,since that part of the roofing was known as "the forest" and the fire kept crawling under the beams forming the floor,before the fire suddenly burst out..

[@josephjose9899]

God bless United States of America

[@dafrasier1]

Martin Luther's Reformation saved the USA from becoming just like Mexico. so bad mexicans run away from it. mcg -truth

[@popefrancis8153]

@@dafrasier1 The USA is a pitiful country

[@Rihardololz]

Only Devils rule America now.

[@SlayerofFiction]

lol per the Bible no state besides israel can take the blessings of God.

[@dafrasier1]

@@SlayerofFiction The Bible is a Comic book of BAD stories that say anything you want it to say. the stench of BURNT offerings informs the present of the Stupidity of Judaism. mcgtruth

[@guillermoflores8024]

Insurance the almost perfect crime.3rd party work.

[@user-co4je5wk6p]

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[@ADrunkCrayfish]

I don’t know what language that is but the script looks kinda pretty

[@Unknown-km6xz]

Bro wtf what makes you came here you are ☸️ not ✝️

[@muishqtube]

Ooh jadi begono.. hanya untuk isi perut manusia berani melakukan apa saja, meski harus membakar greja..

[@Bastillius]

Has the Vatican rang in with any money for the restoration?

[@patriciabrenner9216]

Why should they? Since 1905 Notre Dame belongs to the French state.

[@Bastillius]

It's still a catholic institution

[@Bastillius]

Or is it still a fissure between the two states? Since the two popes in the 14th century

[@patriciabrenner9216]

@@Bastillius belonging to the French state. The building has notheing to do with the Vatican.

[@patriciabrenner9216]

@@Bastillius Nothing except that it is leased to the Church by the French government not the Vatican.

[@victortriunfos6920]

C.M.....

[@vancegilmore245]

The sinkhole is coming next.

[@annacarter6559]

Could you send someone a bit more …. next time?

[@weasley2o13]

Thank you.

[@AllanLaal]

that surgical mask is to protect the patient from all the led the host is gonna exhale, when she does open heart surgery after the cameras turn off? :D

[@pedrojamalserrano4008]

Spain and France have one in common, both Roman Catholic. in the 17th century when the last Spanish king died without an heir he picked the grandson of King Louis XIV to occupy the Spanish throne. After King Louis XIV of France's statement was made. Don't imitate me my son for my fondness of luxury and war. What would be the opposite content made by King Louis XIV where the priorities and essential of France onwards year from 1700-1930 and up 2022.

[@CitronCassis]

Yes, we learned what Louis 14 said to his 2nd grand son, as a future king of Spain : « my son, Be a good Spaniard, this is currently your first duty; but remember that you were born French, to maintain the union between the two nations: it is the way to make them happy and to preserve the peace of Europe. » That was the beginning of peace between the 2 countries (finally). Except the little moment of Napoleon of course. 😅

[@CitronCassis]

PS : France is not at war in 2022… not yet.

[@ernestoezequielmarmol6907]

Perhaps a well restored spire and roof would be better using recycled-plastic bottle bricks.

[@patriciabrenner9216]

The spire was only built in the 19th century, during Viollet Leduc renovations. There are debates if a new spire is needed. I suspect it will be rebuilt.

[@weasley2o13]

That have a 5° melting point full of toxins? Brilliant, let's go for it.

[@eugenieponleve667]

@@patriciabrenner9216 The spire will be rebuilt exactly the way it was, for most Parisians just never enter Notre-Dame but were used to the familiar landmark with the thin spire which lightens the bulk of the building,as Viollet-le-Duc thought it would and ,for once,Parisians all agreed.

[@guillermoflores8024]

2024 2025.disaster

[@infinitejest441]

What disaster are you referring to?

[@jesusplease8512]

@@infinitejest441 False prophet. I wish Jesus was mine to hold.

[@SlayerofFiction]

Having back packed europe I am sadly here to say that the inside of Notre Dame is nothing special, the outside however is amazing especially as it can be seen from various parts of the city. Sad to see only 32k views for such an important piece of history.

[@eugenieponleve667]

That is perfectly right,the reasons being that Notre-Dame is a gothic,then listed, building ,owned and maintained,fairly well ,by the Historic Commission,but its use is that of a catholic church France being strictly a non religious country where freedom of religion is granted,the French State will never interfere into places of worship. On the other hand ,religious leaders are naturally more interested in celebrating services than caring about architecture- -As a result most medieval churches in France are well kept on the outside ,but fairly disappointing when one gets in (Some interior features are listed though,like medieval stained-glass ,the baroque pieta,the only original statue of Notre-Dame,the big organ. and cannot be altered by the clergy ) Nevertheless the new archbishop now seems in a mood to modernize the side chapels with laser lights showing biblical quotations in different languages ,considering the number of non French speaking visitors who come day after day and he wishes to get rid of the disused confessionals (property of the archbishopric ) to replace them with benches of some sort---But there seems to be an outcry on this very place,though nothing is left from the original ornamentation of these chapels . Paris people instead chose to see again the familiar skyline WITH the spire rebuilt exactly the way it was ,and local catholics who truly use the inside of the building are demanding a new and much more beautiful main altar to their archbishop.

[@AnyoneCanSee]

It'll always be a replica. Just because they build an exact copy doesn't make it the same building. It's gone and now it is just a tourist recreation, nothing more.

[@dorcaskarago2876]

This is not a church and fire came from heaven to destroy the dark power on this evil altar.

[@michaelgoulding6609]

may god forgive you! there.s nothin evil about the true religion, or any of its church,s or cathedrals, i wish all involved in the restoration of this marvelous cathedral every success, & may it stand forever, i will definatly be visiting

[@SmithsnMoz]

Fire coming from heaven doesn't go to a house of God. It's a church, no matter what you say

[@basildamukaitis2130]

I love this comment!!!! It shows what absolute morons who have no compunction about exhibitng their ignorance about Christianity, and specifically Catholicism, or theology and Sacred Scripture. Beautiful. Thanks for the laugh. Turn off your computer and go read a book. And for god's sake, tell no one you are a Christian,.

[@mkall]

if god exists why did he let his best church to burn?

[@mkall]

@Andrew Koerner second?

[@infinitejest441]

Sell it to Disney. They can turn it into an amusement park. 🎡🐭 Don’t cut down any more old oaks. We need the trees more than another church ⛪️