Notre Dame in Paris caught fire Monday evening around at 19.
The world-renowned cathedral was engulfed in flames and has lost its iconic spire. The two bell towers were saved, but most of the church interior is destroyed.
WHAT do WE KNOW ABOUT the FIRE IN NOTRE DAME:
the Fire broke out Monday at 18.50.The cathedral was under renovation for extensive damage.It is yet unclear how the fire originated.There is no one who have perished as a result of the fire.The cathedral’s famous spire was not to rescue and collapsed Monday evening.
the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, promised on Monday night that Notre Dame should be rebuilt, and that he will seek international financial assistance for reconstruction.
But already now it has comprehensive comprehensive restoration work got a financial boost from several quarters.
The French billionaire François-Henri Pinault, ceo of Kering group, which is behind luxury brands as Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent – and which, incidentally, is married to actress Salma Hayek – has donated 100 million euro to the reconstruction.
Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault were married in 2009. Photo: AP
This writes Le Figaro.
– This tragedy has affected all frenchmen and to all those who are linked to spiritual values. After a drama like this, everyone wants to give life again to this jewel, says the 56-year-old Pinault.
– My father (François Pinault) and I have decided to donate 100 million euros from our Artemis funds (family holdningselskab, red.) in order to help to reconstruct the cathedral of Notre Dame.
His wife, 52-year-old Salma Hayek, has also responded to the sad event.
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As many others I’m In deep shock and sadness two witness the beauty of Notre-Dame, turn into smoke. I love you Paris. Comme beaucoup d’autres, c’est avec effroi a sadness que je regarde la beauté de Norte-Dame partir a fumée… Paris, je t’aime ! #notredame #paris
‘As many others I’m deeply shocked and distressed to see the Notre Dames beauty turned into smoke. Paris, je t’aime!’, she wrote last night on Instagram.
Pinault and Hayek married in 2009. They have a daughter Valentina together.
Also the French musician Bernard Arnault, who is behind the LVMH group, among the produces luxury goods brands such as Dior, Louis Vuitton, Moët & Chandon and Kenzo, has announced that he will donate 200 million euros for reconstruction.
’the Family Arnault and the LVMH group will like to show their solidarity in the midst of this national tragedy and want to support a rebuild, the extraordinary cathedral, which is a symbol of France and of French unity’, says a press release of Le Figaro.
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