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The world got its first glimpse on Friday of the newly renovated Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The Gothic medieval masterpiece is scheduled to reopen on Dec. 8, five years after a devastating fire shut it down. nyti.ms/41fB1zb

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I'm so glad to see it restored. Interestingly, I visited the Notre Dame Cathedral just two days before the fire. I have often wondered how many of the wonderful objects which I saw on that day were damaged or destroyed by that fire.

The massive timber roof structure, although it’s not visible from the interior or exterior, and the timber spire, were crucial elements in the restoration and completed in an amazingly short time by members of les Compagnons du Devoir, which includes the traditional French timber framers guilds.

ITT: people who don't respect humanity's great accomplishments. In the end we all die - our art, sciences, architecture, and other artifacts are all that's left for future generations to appreciate us. Plus, France makes huge $ from tourism due to attractions like this so it's not just a money sink.

One it's religion and second lots of money was spent to bring it back to the way it was. Which that money could have been used to feed the homeless people. And three they could have spent that money to give a lot of homeless people there own small homes