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Gothic masterpiece reborn from the ashes above the Seine

Composite transverse section of Notre-Dame de Paris before the 2019 fire. Timber framework in red, masonry in blues, metal in grey. Left, a tower, showing internal framework of belfry (bells not shown
Composite transverse section of Notre-Dame de Paris before the 2019 fire. Timber framework in red, masonry in blues, metal in grey. Left, a tower, showing internal framework of belfry (bells not… © Own work, traced from public domain File:Notre Dame 531 transverse crop rot.jpg and heavily altered, mostly using the public domain architectural drawings of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (see particularly Category:Frame of Notre-Dame de Paris). The public-domain image File:Materials and documents of architecture and sculpture - classified alphabetically (1915) (14587788087).jpg was used for the stair. Photos were also used to verify details; thanks to all Commons contributors who took unconventional shots., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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