UN News
17 Apr 2019, 22:14 GMT+10
<p>PARIS, France - Two-thirds of the largely medieval roof of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris are "gone" after the devastating fire in Paris on Monday evening, but UN cultural experts are standing by to offer help where it is needed in rebuilding the iconic structure.</p><p>That’s what <a target="_blank" href="https://en.unesco.org/">UNESCO</a> World Heritage Centre Director Mechtild Rössler told UN News after visiting the site on Tuesday.</p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; float: right; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </div></div><p>"I saw many, many people going from the Metro, to the site of Notre Dame, and I have to say many are still in a state of shock, because it’s not only the Christian community, it’s a building for all of us", she said. "Really, it’s a universal symbol and it’s the centre of France …I think this is really shocking people profoundly and they lost something that is part of their identity," she said Tuesday. </p><p>Dr Rössler said that a team of UNESCO experts is on hand to investigate the stability of the stonework and potential damage to stained glass windows, echoing <a href="https://en.unesco.org/news/fire-notre-dame-cathedral-paris-unesco-stands-france-safeguard-and-rehabilitate-historic">a statement</a> by the UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, in which she announced that a "rapid damage assessment" would be carried out as soon as possible with the authorities.</p><p>After visiting the site of Notre Dame on Monday night Ms. Azoulay said "we are all heartbroken."<strong> </strong>The Cathedral is part of the World Heritage site officially known as <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/600">"Paris, Banks of the Seine"</a>, inscribed on the World Heritage List, in 1991. </p><p>"Notre Dame represents a historically, architecturally, and spiritually, outstanding universal heritage. It is also a monument of literary heritage, a place that is unique in our collective imagination", said the UNESCO chief, adding that the inferno which engulfed the cathedral, but appears to have left the medieval stonework intact, "reminds us of the power of heritage that connects us to one another. We are receiving messages of support from all over the world."</p><p>The cathedral, where construction began in the 1160s extending for more than a century, is considered to be the finest example of the French Gothic style of architecture, with its groundbreaking use of rib vaults and buttresses, stained glass rosettes and sculpted ornaments.</p><p>(Photo by UNESCO/George Papagiannis. Pictures Notre-Dame cathedral after the fire. Sections of the cathedral were under scaffolding as part of extensive renovations).</p>
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