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Oh my word! This looks awful ...

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If the sort the roof and spire out in five years that’ll be good going and it will restore the Parisian
    skyline ... that’ll bring the crowds to the city centre ... I expect the restoration of the interior will take longer but with imagination a grand celebration when it’s all finished could be of benefit of the city. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hampshire_HogHampshire_Hog Posts: 1,089
    Making the site waterproof will be their first concern now to try and protect anything that is there and salvageable, then I guess if the walls are reasonably sound the roof and spire would be there first aim to get the building permanently water tight then internal works.

    "You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    Why is there always a need to get things done quickly?
    The original took around 100 years (1160-1260) to complete with lots of additions over the centuries after.
    We all need to slow down a bit! :/
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847
    There was a programme about the construction of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and engineers are now manufacturing sections of the towers from stone built into stainless steel panel section which can be lifted into place by crane and bolted together, this has increased the speed of construction so that the Cathedral will be completed by 2026.
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    There was a programme about the construction of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and engineers are now manufacturing sections of the towers from stone built into stainless steel panel section which can be lifted into place by crane and bolted together, this has increased the speed of construction so that the Cathedral will be completed by 2026.
    Even with the increased speed of construction completion is still 7 years away!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847
    It was started in 1882 so 7 years is nothing.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It's an eternal church.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Maybe a bit more secular after the re-build tho.


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