Experts have said it could take significantly longer.
FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL Macron has vowed to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris “within five years” after a major fire ripped through the 850 year-old structure yesterday.
The head of a French lumber company told FranceInfo radio that it was ready to offer the best oak beams available to rebuild the intricate lattice that supported the now-destroyed roof. “We are already in contact with experts and ready to dispatch an urgent mission to evaluate the damage, save what can be saved and start elaborating measures for the short – and medium-term,” UNESCO’s secretary general Audrey Azoulay said in a statement.Meanwhile, Eric Fischer, head of the foundation in charge of restoring the 1,000-year-old Strasbourg cathedral, which recently underwent a three-year facelift, has said it will likely be decades before the cathedral is fully restored.
They would need “a maximum of historical data or more recent data gathered with modern technology such as 3D scans” of the kind used in the restoration of the Strasbourg cathedral, he said.
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