French prime minister announces competition to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral's iconic spire.
situated in the middle of the Seine river on a tiny island i within the French capital. Firefighters battled the blaze for nine hours before quelling the flames.Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019.
Yet, despite the extensive damage, which will take years to repair, the facade of the historic edifice appears to be mainly intact with its belfries and many other iconic features spared.A combination of two pictures made on April 16, 2019 shows above: the heart and transept at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris on June 26, 2018 and, bottom, the same view of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in the aftermath one day after a fire devastated the cathedral on April 16, 2019.
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