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The complex carpentry work under the roof of Notre Dame cathedral about a year before the fire. The roof truss raising event gave hundreds of history fans in Paris a unique chance to witness mediaeval methods developed and used by carpenters over 800 years ago, as they constructed and raised the first massive triangular wooden frame that will line the new nave ceiling of the superstructure. The raising of the first giant wooden roof truss coincided with European Heritage Days, one of the most widely celebrated annual cultural events in Europe. The new trusses were conceptualized to stand in honor of the ancient roof timbers that were lost in the 2019 fire, which also severely damaged the cathedral’s once magnificent roof. Notre Dame cathedral’s new page began with the recreation of the traditionally designed monumental roof trusses. Yves Gallet, a historian of Gothic architecture at the University of Bordeaux -Montaigne, said the new research project aimed to write a “new page in the history of Notre-Dame.” In a 2020 Ancient Origins news article, CNRS scientists said they intended to examine “the foundations, timber, and metalwork.” In a article, Dr. (GodefroyParis / CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Rebuilding The Medieval Notre Dame Cathedral Superstructure Notre Dame cathedral in flames, after a freak electrical fire in April 2019. This fire was so fierce that it climbed the interior walls of the cathedral, reaching the spire and causing it to collapse. Raised using only “ medieval building techniques ,” the timber truss is a copy of the original wooden ceiling structure that was completely destroyed during the devastating April 2019 fire. Last Saturday (), using what ABC News calls “precision and boundless energy,” a team of master carpenters hoisted “a three-ton oak truss” into the sky in front of Notre Dame cathedral. Notre Dame cathedral reconstruction work began at the beginning of 2020 but was soon halted by the coronavirus crisis outbreak.
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This complex, and very expensive restoration project, was to include a full study and rebuild of the sprawling timber frames that once lined the vast ceiling. Soon after, scientists from the French national research organization (CNRS) announced a multimillion-euro restoration project of the 850-year-old Catholic treasure.

On April 15 2019, Notre Dame cathedral, in Paris, France was destroyed by the flames of a horrible electrical fire.
