Paris Bishop Michel Aupetit led the rite, accompanied by Notre-Dame’s rector Patrick Chauvet.Īttendance at the service was sharply restricted due to the cathedral’s reconstruction and the pandemic. Six worshipers were chosen for the foot washing, a diverse group including medical staff, the needy and some people who are set to be baptized this Easter. The ceremony involved a foot-washing ritual that symbolizes Jesus’ willingness to serve. The timber must dry out for at least 18 months before the wood is used for the reconstruction.ĭespite the reconstruction, Notre Dame was the site of Holy Thursday services this week. All 1,000 must be “harvested” all around the country by the end of March, otherwise harmful tree sap and moisture could enter the wood fibers. On Tuesday, chainsaw-wielding tree surgeons in Berce scaled the special oaks to fell them in a race against the clock. When we first saw these statues on the Notre Dame Cathedral that are mounted on the roof next to the spire of this famous monument we were surprised, but wanted. Eight of the trees - destined for the most monumental part of the spire - were found in the Forest of Berce that once belonged to the Kings of France. Understandably, the dimensions required for Notre Dame’s anointed timbers are clinically precise: Many trunks have to measure over 1 meter (more than 3 feet) wide and 18 meters (60 feet) long. The inside was such a lattice of beams and supports that it was affectionately called the “forest.” Calls to reinforce it with fireproof concrete were dismissed, even after such material helped limit the fallout from a blaze in the Gothic Nantes Cathedral last year. Reconstruction of a 12th-century cathedral such as Notre Dame in wood is a daunting prospect. “Given the place occupied by the cathedral in the hearts of the French, in the history of France and the world … we are happy (that) the entire industry - from foresters to sawyers - is mobilized to meet this challenge,” said Michel Druilhe, President of France Bois Foret, a national interprofessional forestry network. Some 1,000 oaks in more than 200 French forests, both private and public, were chosen to make the frame of the cathedral transept and spire - destined to be admired on the Paris skyline for potentially hundreds of years. In early March, four French oaks standing for hundreds of years in a once-royal forest now have a sacred destiny were felled to use for the replacement spire. However, French officials quickly reconsidered Macron’s statement, acknowledging that five years was unrealistic for such a massive task. But experts pushed back immediately, according to Dezeen, citing the delicate nature of rebuilding onto an existing structure that’s priceless as well as intricate.The bold plan had in mind a 2024 deadline, when Paris is set to host the Summer Olympics. This coincides with the planned 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In spite of his statements about ambitious and redesigned replacement spires and other structures, he immediately laid out a five-year timescale for all the repairs and rebuilding. And for a building that took almost 200 years to finish and has already been renovated in sections during its 800-year life, a partial rebuild is both feasible and a great outcome.
While Notre-Dame's roof was vulnerable to fire because of the timber that helps make it waterproof, the overall structure is actually very fire-safe the damage from the 2019 fire could have been much more extensive. It was removed in the late 1700s and replaced in the mid 1800s as part of a larger renovation effort by architect Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc. These cathedrals took generations to build, and the original 13th-century central spire was weakened over time by weather and other wear and tear.
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