Everyone must remember that on April 15, 2019, the Notre Dame de Paris fire broke out, the iconic spire collapsed, and the century-old building was severely destroyed. Today is the first anniversary of the accident, how is the repair work going?
It turned out that due to the epidemic, the reconstruction project has been interrupted for some time, plus some other reasons, the goal of completing the reconstruction in 5 years seems not very optimistic, and the building is still 50% likely to collapse.
According to Agence France-Presse's previous report, due to various reasons, the construction period for the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral has been delayed for a year:
For example, the roof of Notre Dame contains more than 300 tons of lead. Once melted, it will cause pollution. It needs to be cleaned first, and the repair work is delayed for several months;
There is also a lot of rubble on the vault that needs to be cleaned, and it may not be cleared before this summer;
Although the dome is supported by scaffolding, it is still "weak and can't help but wind". As soon as the wind speed exceeds 40 km / h, the project will be suspended, which has been done several times;
Although the large organ in the room has not been burned, it must be removed and cleaned, because there are more than 8000 sound tubes covered with lead dust ...
According to the report of France Television International 5 on April 14, Macron had publicly promised last year that he would work to complete the reconstruction within 5 years, but this goal may be difficult to achieve-the new crown epidemic caused the restoration project to be interrupted again indefinitely. In the past two days, a worker was not seen inside or outside of Notre Dame. Only the crane hung on the roof of the church where the gap was burned.
The next step in the restoration project is to remove all the more than 40,000 metal scaffolds without collapsing the vault. The exact cause of the accident at that time is still unknown.
In addition, the chief architect Philippe Villeneuve believes that as the project progresses, various new challenges may arise. Bishop Patrick Shawwe also worried that 50% of the scaffolds that have not been removed may fall on the three vaults, causing the building to collapse. If this danger is not ruled out, it will not be possible to completely save Notre Dame.
Jean-Louis Georgeli, the head of the restoration project, is confident that he believes that a complete restoration within five years is promising.
At present, most of the rubble in the Notre Dame Cathedral has been cleaned up, and the Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, held a small Good Friday mass there last week. The French government prohibits large-scale gatherings in public places, so Notre Dame will not host any anniversary events.
Salomon, the director of the French Health Agency, revealed on April 14 that the deaths of the new French crown rose to 15,729, an increase of 762 in the past 24 hours. On the 13th, Macron announced that the "foot ban" will be extended to May 11.
