![]() ![]() Calls to reinforce it with fireproof concrete were dismissed, even after such material helped limit the fallout from a blaze in Nantes Cathedral last year. The inside was such a lattice of beams and supports that it was affectionately called the “forest”. Reconstruction of a 12th-century cathedral such as Notre Dame in wood is a daunting prospect. “Given the place occupied by the cathedral in the hearts of the French, in the history of France and the world … we are happy the entire industry – from foresters to sawyers – is mobilised to meet this challenge,” said Michel Druilhe, president of France Bois Forêt, a national interprofessional forestry network. Photograph: Christian Hartmann/ReutersĪbout 1,000 oaks in more than 200 French forests, both private and public, were chosen to make the frame of the cathedral transept and spire – destined to be admired on the Paris skyline for potentially hundreds of years. ![]() Work continues to rebuild Notre Dame in Paris.
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