Famed Notre Dame Cathedral is on fire in Paris
Smokes ascends as flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019.Video footage from the scene showed flames and smoke spewing from the landmark, one of the city's most popular tourist destinations in the world. Tourists and locals took to social media to document the blaze.
The cause was not immediately known, but officials said it could be linked to renovation work, BBC reported. The cathedral dates back almost 1,000 years. It's construction began in the 12th century, and it took about 300 years to complete. The result is that, although it is predominantly French Gothic, there are areas that demonstrate the Renaissance and the Naturalism era of construction.
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