Paris residents looked on in horror as their beloved ‘lady’ went up in flames. Now a new battle begins: how best to rebuild her for the centuries ahead
Most of us will always remember the moment on 15 April when we heard that Notre Dame was on fire.
I was in my kitchen, when something unusual caught the corner of my eye. I turned towards the window to see huge clouds of smoke billowing in the spring breeze. I live on the Left Bank, with a view of the southern flank of the cathedral. I ran outside, on to the Quai de la Tournelle, where throngs of tourists and Parisians had already gathered. It was just after 7pm and the fire had only been discovered 20 minutes earlier.
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