A great cathedral is now a blackened hulk, a loss that feels almost unimaginable.
People pray as Notre Dame Cathedral burns Monday in Paris. The cathedral’s spire fell and most of its roof gave way in a fire that broke out at the historic house of worship. By James McAuley James McAuley Foreign correspondent focusing on French and European politics and culture Email Bio Follow April 15 at 8:28 PM PARIS — It took little more than an hour. In that amount of time, the spire had fallen, most of the roof had given way, and that was that.
But through all of these nightmares, there has been one constant, collective refrain. This was the comforting reality — or at least the comforting belief — that somehow, through it all, Paris was indestructible. The idea that Paris will always be Paris felt truer nowhere else than in front of Notre Dame.
We do not yet know what happened, or why. All we know is that much of Notre Dame has vanished. Perhaps it was Marx who said it best: “All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned.” Even on the other side of the river, there was the heat, and there was the smoke, yellow and brown and orange and black, billowing into a violent cone overhead. Neither of these made a sound.
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