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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/notre-dame-fire-rebuild-pinault-donation-french-billionaire
French Billionaires Have Pledged 300 Million Euros To Help Rebuild The Notre Dame Cathedral
FRANÇOIS-HENRI PINAULT
BERNARD ARNAULT
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6926083/French-billionaire-pledges-100-million-euros-help-rebuild-Notre-Dame-Cathedral.html
France's richest man Bernard Arnault pledges €200MILLION to repair Notre Dame - doubling the €100million donated by Salma Hayek's billionaire husband - as oil giant Total pledges another €100million
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/notre-dame-cathedral-fire-notre-dame-68-million-renovation-massive-fire-today/
Notre Dame was undergoing $6.8 million renovation when massive fire broke out
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/notre-dame-cathedral-in-paris-engulfed-in-flames-w7z3mw0sr
Tycoons pledge millions to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Artworks saved as fire is finally extinguished
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/16/notre-dame-fire-fears-over-fate-of-cathedrals-treasures
Priest helped firefighters rescue treasures from burning Notre Dame
The 850-year old building is home to priceless works of art, statues and religious relics
Saved
The Holy Crown of Thorns
One of Notre Dame’s most treasured relics, the crown purports to be a band of rushes from the original crown of thorns placed on Jesus’s head during his crucifixion.
Originally from Jerusalem, it was given to King Louis IX in 1238, who built the Sainte-Chappelle in Paris especially to house it, and was later transferred to Notre Dame.
Individual thorns have been distributed as relics around the world – the Notre Dame relic is the original circlet or rushes, encased in rock crystal.
On Monday night, the mayor of Paris confirmed it had been saved.
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The Great Organ
Notre Dame’s principal organist, Vincent Dubois, has said Notre Dame’s immense, 8000-pipe grand organ was not burned in the fire, although its condition – and whether it can still be played – is not yet clear.
Originally built in 1403, the organ has been updated and renovated in the centuries since – most recently in 2013 – but some of the current organ’s pipes date back to the medieval era.
“The organ is a very fragile instrument, especially its pipes. It has not burnt, but no one can tell whether it has been damaged by water. Nobody knows if it is a functioning state or will need to be restored,” said Bertrand de Feydeau, a senior French heritage preservation official.
The Tunic of Saint Louis
The tunic of Saint Louis is a 13th century linen garment said to belong to King Louis – the only French king to become a Saint.
Crowned in 1226, Louis participated in the Seventh Crusade and died during the Eighth Crusade in 1270. He was canonised in 1297. He also acquired the Crown of Thorns. Mayor Anne Hidalgo also confirmed that the tunic was saved on Monday.
True Cross and Holy Nails
Along with the Crown of Thorns, Notre Dame housed a purported fragment of the True Cross – upon which Jesus was crucified – and an original nail that was used. These too were saved from the flames, French media reported.
The Rose windows
All three of Notre Dame’s immense stained glass windows appear to have survived, André Finot, a spokesman for the cathedral, said early on Tuesday morning, although experts have yet to inspect them and they may have sustained hidden damage.
Unknown
A large number of artworks and sculptures were taken from the cathedral and carried across the River Seine to Paris town hall, Rietser said. It is not yet clear which of the following major works are among them:
Descent from the cross
One of the cathedral’s centrepieces, the sculpture by Nicolas Coustou lies on Notre Dame’s high altar. Initial photographs showed that the sculpture was mostly unharmed, but its condition has not been confirmed.
Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame de Paris
Madonna and Child
An iconic statue – known as Notre Dame de Paris with which the cathedral shares its name – depicts the Virgin Mary and Jesus. Created in the 14th century, it was moved to Notre Dame in 1818.
Statue of St. Denis Preaching the Faith by Nicolas Coustou
Statue of St. Denis Preaching the Faith by Nicolas Coustou Photograph: Waring Abbott/Getty Images
Statue of St Denis
Another 18 century sculpture by Nicolas Coustou. St Denis is the patron saint of Paris, and a depiction of him preaching stood in the cathedral.
Painting of St Thomas Aquinas
Made in the 17th century, and given to the cathedral in 1974, this painting depicts the saint and people drinking from a fountain of wisdom.
Destroyed
Three relics that were not in the cathedral’s Treasury are known to have been lost: a separate fragment of the Holy Crown of Thorns, a relic of St Denis, and another relic of St Geneviève.