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6. Very sad. Not the first time however.

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 07:11 PM

Jul 2020

Damaged by bombs in WWII, roof destroyed by fire in 1972, and then 13 years to rebuild. Here's a good English-language video report from ITV:

p.s. this France24 English-language video shows the 1972 fire, toward the end:

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Been there. Such a beautiful place. What a shame 😢 secondwind Jul 2020 #2

I was supposed to go there... a la izquierda Jul 2020 #3

Sad! burrowowl Jul 2020 #4

They say the damage is "not as severe as Notre-Dame"... regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #5

Very sad. Not the first time however. ucrdem Jul 2020 #6