![]() ![]() “Given the place occupied by the cathedral in the hearts of the French, in the history of France and the world … we are happy (that) the entire industry - from foresters to sawyers - is mobilized to meet this challenge,” said Michel Druilhe, President of France Bois Foret, a national interprofessional forestry network. Some 1,000 oaks in more than 200 French forests, both private and public, were chosen to make the frame of the cathedral transept and spire - destined to be admired on the Paris skyline for potentially hundreds of years. And that began a nationwide tree hunt, culminating in a painstaking selection in January and February of this year. He announced it would be rebuilt exactly as it was before. Last July amid a public outcry, French President Emmanuel Macron ended speculation that the 19th century peak designed by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc could be rebuilt in a modern style. The 93-metre-high spire, made of wood and clad in lead, became the most potent symbol of the April 2019 blaze when it was seen engulfed in flames, collapsing dramatically into the inferno. Felled Tuesday in the Loire region’s Forest of Berce, they have been selected to reconstruct Notre Dame cathedral’s fallen spire. JUPILLES, France - Four French oaks that have been standing for hundreds of years in a once-royal forest now have a sacred destiny. ![]()
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