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On 15 April 2019 around 6:50 p.m., a fire broke out in the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. One of the most famous historical buildings, it has a strong value to Parisian and French culture and is one of the most famous buildings in the world with around 13 million tourists every year. After the tragic news about the iconic cathedral burning went viral, many artists showed their respect to the monument by drawing it.

Scroll down to see the list of these beautiful tributes to the beloved cathedral.

The construction of Notre-Dame started back in 1163 and it was finished almost 200 years later in 1345. It's important to mention that the iconic spire was added only in the 19th century. Notre-Dame isn't only known for its incredible architecture, it was also the cathedral in which Napoleon's coronation by Pope Pius VII took place in 1804.


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2 Siècles Pour La Bâtir, 856 Ans Pour L'entretenir, Quelques Heures Aux Flammes Pour La Rendre En Cendres Mais Une Partie Sauvée Grâce Aux @pompiers_paris. Merci.
bravo @fernandobarbaart Pour Cette Superbe Illustration
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Merci to all who risked (and lost) their lives to save our iconic pieces of history

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Since Notre-Dame was first built around 700 years ago, the building required constant renovation. During the last few years, it was in desperate need of reconstruction and that's exactly what was happening before the fire broke out. The renovation was supposed to cost €6 million. Fires often break out during renovation so it is believed that this might have been the case with the Notre-Dame Cathedral.


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The Tower
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This looks like a painting made centuries ago... Love it, very moving

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After the news broke, French President Emmanuel Macron promised to restore the cathedral. A fundraiser has been launched and within the first 24 hours, it has brought pledges of €800 million by several benefactors. It is estimated that the reconstruction might take up to 20 years.

Recent news declare that there have been €1 billion donated to the reconstruction of the Notre-Dame Cathedral which has caused some controversy online. Many people claim that during the past few years there have been many tragic losses around the world, with many people losing their home and their loved ones, yet nobody has ever donated this much money to any of the causes. Notre-Dame example shows how many of the world's problems could be solved if the world's richest people would donate to those in need.

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i Feel As Though We Failed This Piece Of History And Those In Generations Before And After Us. Though Yesterday's Fire Was The Worst Destruction Notre Dame Cathedral Has Endured In The 850 Or So Years Since It's Construction.. France Will, Of Course, Rebuild. However, So Much History Has Been Lost.. It's Utterly Daunting To Think About What Was Lost In Each Pillar Of "The Forest". I Feel Honored Now That I Was Able To Explore Notre Dame In 2000, While Passing Through Paris In My Exploration Of W Eur. I Am Almost Tempted To Go Dig Out My Old 8mm Tapes To Watch My Home Videos To See If I Caught Any Of The Interior On My Own Camcorder. So Many Things My Own Children Will Never Get To Witness Themselves.. At Least Not In Any State I Can Imagine.
my Heart Is With Paris.. France.. The World.
they Are Just Things.. And Nothing In This World Lasts Forever Apparently.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this one -- something really haunting and yet hopeful about using flower petals for flames.

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Daunting, Disheartening And Yet Terrifyingly Beautiful. My Hart Is With Everyone Who Feels Like They Lost Something In That Fire.

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#notredame ❤️

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are many similiar pictures but something in this one makes me really sad and sorry. Maybe it's because of the artist's style? It looks simple but there are real emotions in this picture. And I love choice of colours here - they're beautiful.

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I’ve Come To Accept That Verbal Language Is Not My First, Most Accessible Mode Of Communication...i Am Often Times Overwhelmed With/By Emotion, As Many Are And I Feel A Lack Of Verbalizing This Morass Of Feelings...i Feel Blessed That I Allow Myself To Express Through Painting...
i Have No Words For The Extraordinary Loss That This Fire Has Wrought...i Felt I Had To Process The Flood Of Grief (Felt Around The World) For Not A Building But A Concept Of Immortality Or The Fragility Of Our Collective Creations...alas I Cannot Really Say It, So I Painted, And Although I Wish I’d Used A Different Paper To Achieve Some Of The Flow I Was Looking For, I Really Do Feel More At Peace With The Impermanence Of All Things. This Will Probably Not Be The Only Painting On The Grand Cathedral In Flames But For Today It Healed A Fragment Of My Heart. #notredamecathedral #watercolor #painting #expression #heartspace #paris #artworkliving #determined #empathic #empath #grief #griefandloss #notredame #notredameparis #notredamedeparisfire #instaart #watercolorpainting #artist #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Cathedral was short of funds for renovation. Even with the post fire donations, will still be short. If we all, around the world, just gave a dollar...

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M Dream
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

there are many other cases that 6 billion dollars would be very helpful. children die every day for much less. also, 1 dollar one day work for many people. ok, notre dame will be restored, but millions of people will not.

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Ashley Wright
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If it wasn’t for the spiral, how many people would know this was Notre Dame?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In countries beside the US, they put the day, then month, then year.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The talent of the artists in this list is obvious. I saw brave firemen risking themselves, giving gargoyles drinks (referencing the famous shot of the Australian fireman giving drink to a koala caught in the recent wildfires there), and many references to the sadness of the losses in the Paris fire. Many art works showed Victor Hugo's fictional characters Quasimodo -- "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" -- and Esmeralda mourning over the cathedral. I could have done without the "art" about bell-ringer Quasimodo finding another job at his age: that seemed to reduce the tragedy to a lame, almost obscene joke. This church of Notre Dame is a cathedral, the main church of a Catholic diocese, built over more than a hundred year period by ordinary folk who wanted to give the transcendent God who sent His Son to redeem mankind the most beautiful dwelling human beings were capable of building for Him. The singular love and devotion necessary for the building of this cathedral seems lacking now.

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