2019-04-18 at 4:35 AM UTC
from
https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/15/fire-underway-at-notre-dame-cathedral-in-paris-firefighters-sayFrance has launched an international competition to redesign the spire destroyed in the Notre Dame blaze
Edouard Philippe, the country's prime minister, announced the contest on Thursday and called for "a new spire that is adapted to the techniques and the challenges of our era".
It comes after officials said Monday's inferno was 15 to 30 minutes away from being destroying the iconic cathedral.
That was the claim of Laurent Nunez, France's deputy interior minister. He praised firefighters who he said "risked their own lives" to salvage the 850-year-old landmark's structure and two belfries.
Emergency services will now spend the next 48 hours carrying out a security and safety assessment of the building.
French President Emmanuel Macron told the nation that Notre Dame would be rebuilt within a time frame of five years.
In a live, televised, presidential address to the nation, he vowed the cathedral would be even more beautiful than it was before.
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post didn't die in a fire!
2019-04-18 at 6:14 AM UTC
It's not even worth joking about at this point.
2019-04-18 at 4:05 PM UTC
we should all join this contest and try to design a descent minaret.
2019-04-18 at 4:24 PM UTC
Vincent, whats new this fine day in your 3rd world country?
