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Post by fylimar on Apr 16, 2019 5:07:30 GMT
Hey Sly, welcome back
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2019 13:15:48 GMT
Hi Sly, welcome back. ____ I just had to comment on the Notre Dame situation. Oh my God.
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Post by romice on Apr 16, 2019 13:58:01 GMT
I just had to comment on the Notre Dame situation. Oh my God. Yeah, I read about it before going to sleep yesterday. I can't believe it. One of the biggest symbols of Europe and France just... gone
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Post by fylimar on Apr 16, 2019 14:21:24 GMT
Not gone, but really broken. I hope, thea can restaurate it.
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Post by gervaise21 on Apr 16, 2019 17:05:01 GMT
Luckily all the stone structures seem okay, it was just the timber that burned, although there was a lot of it. The worst bit was the stained glass windows which were really intricate and beautiful. I'm sure they will be able to restore it eventually but it will likely take years.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2019 18:01:25 GMT
I sincerely hope the world will put an effort for restoration, but that tower burned to crisp along with 2/3 of the roof. You'd have to rebuild from a scratch not restore that bit, considering that the walls themselves were a work of art. I imagine even if the interior paintings didn't burn up they still suffered smoke damage too. Found a bit of info about the roof. Ugh. As the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris burned Monday, the roof, made up of centuries old oak trees, fuelled the flames that ravaged a piece of France’s history.Among the biggest challenges facing the reconstruction of the iconic church is rebuilding the intricate latticework of wooden beams that made up the roof’s frame, known as the “Forest.”
The 800-year-old oak beams were added to the cathedral in 1220. Because of the building’s gothic style which called for high vaulted ceilings, tall, sturdy oaks were sourced from nearby forests.
Each beam that held up the lead roof was constructed from a single tree, requiring about 13,000 individual trees in total.When workers began constructing the roof hundreds of years ago, they cleared 21 hectares of oak trees. To reach the heights required for the style, carpenters needed to use massive trees. That meant when the trees were cut down, they likely would have been 300 to 400 years old. In other words, the trees used to build the cathedral — immortalized in Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” — sprouted in the eighth or ninth centuries.
To get the dimensions and structure right in the Middle Ages, workers first built the frame on the ground. Then, it would be disassembled and hoisted to the ceiling with lifting gear, where it was reassembled. The oak beams would be set at 55-degree angles as the gothic style called for.
“Its dimensions are impressive,” the church’s website says. It’s more than 100 metres long, 13 metres wide and the transept is 10 metres high.
The frame supported a lead roof that weighed 210 tons. Back then, churches tended to use clay tiles, but Paris, being far from clay deposits, the website says, used lead.
Sadly, a French cultural heritage expert says France no longer has trees big enough to replace ancient wooden beams.I've been to Notre Dame several year ago. It's an incredible structure. You come out greatly effected. I can't believe it will be inaccessible nor the same again for years to come. Before Easter too. I bet they had special ceremonies planned.
Yeah, you just don't get the same kick out of, OMG I'm looking at the beam from a tree sprouted in the 8th century vs I'm looking at a piece of plastic imitating an oak sprouted centuries ago, even if it gets restored. So much lost.
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Post by fylimar on Apr 16, 2019 18:16:03 GMT
I just realized, I used a German word in my last post. I don't think restaurate is a word in English? I guess, you should not write when upset. I meant restore.
I like history and art, so this is quite upsetting. Luckily no one got hurt.
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Post by TheHeroOfFerelden on Apr 16, 2019 19:52:06 GMT
While a plethora of monuments have been lost in the past due to fires(ie The Great Fire of London),you'd think it would be close to impossible for an iconic monument to burn in this day and age :/ Seems so peculiar...
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Post by ArcadiaGrey on Apr 16, 2019 20:26:26 GMT
While a plethora of monuments have been lost in the past due to fires(ie The Great Fire of London),you'd think it would be close to impossible for an iconic monument to burn in this day and age :/ Seems so peculiar... You'd be amazed how careless and thoughtless some people can be. Plus there are just honest accidents, and if it were that I hope no one is blamed.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2019 22:18:49 GMT
You'd be amazed how careless and thoughtless some people can be. Plus there are just honest accidents, and if it were that I hope no one is blamed. Notre Dame has avoided major accidents for 900 years including wars and revolutions where the entire Europe burned. Makes me roll my eyes at our contemporaries that it had to happen in my lifetime.
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Post by Catilina on Apr 16, 2019 23:29:27 GMT
Hi gang! Miss you all. Oh, and congrats to the Venatori Bunnies on the last round. Welcome here again, and thank you!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2019 13:02:54 GMT
Skyhold residents gasped both in awe and horror when overnight a bubbling chocolate fountain was erected in the middle of the courtyard.
The massive design incorporated large chocolate eggs set in various spots inside the fountain. One of the eggs was cracked open and in its place on the pedestal stood a dark chocolate statue of a Grey Warden.
Initially, the residents laughed and admired the masterwork and the statue's likeness until they discovered that someone was gone.
The eliminated player was
Gerva - Stroud
Gerva and Moon are no longer at War.
DAYTIME
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Post by Space Cowboy on Apr 18, 2019 13:52:54 GMT
Nice write up Adonniel!
But sorry Gervaise. Hurts to lose our warden!
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Post by gervaise21 on Apr 18, 2019 14:39:44 GMT
Well that was short and sweet.
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Post by Moonae on Apr 18, 2019 15:31:53 GMT
Aw, but that was my first war, I wanted to try it!
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Post by ArcadiaGrey on Apr 18, 2019 16:24:40 GMT
Aw, but that was my first war, I wanted to try it! Awww. Wanna play war for funsies? *poke poke poke*
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Post by Moonae on Apr 18, 2019 16:44:35 GMT
Aw, but that was my first war, I wanted to try it! Awww. Wanna play war for funsies? *poke poke poke* Sure! I vote for Arcadia
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Post by ArcadiaGrey on Apr 18, 2019 16:55:37 GMT
Awww. Wanna play war for funsies? *poke poke poke* Sure! I vote for Arcadia
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Post by romice on Apr 18, 2019 17:47:25 GMT
Thank you for your service, Gervaise/Stroud. In War, Victory. In Peace, Vigilance. In Death, Sacrifice.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2019 18:18:34 GMT
Thankies Space!
Gerva At least you got to be stylin' with glorious mustache.
Arcadia That cat looks so grumpily hilarious. His dropping eyes are like omg y u bug me woman?
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Post by gervaise21 on Apr 18, 2019 18:27:51 GMT
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Post by Slyvalyth on Apr 18, 2019 18:32:36 GMT
Well that was short and sweet. No pun intended...the 'sweet' that is. I don't know if your warden is short
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Post by Space Cowboy on Apr 18, 2019 19:54:01 GMT
You kinda walked right into that.
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Post by Space Cowboy on Apr 18, 2019 19:54:37 GMT
Well that was short and sweet. No pun intended...the 'sweet' that is. I don't know if your warden is short Hey welcome back!
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Post by TheHeroOfFerelden on Apr 18, 2019 20:01:23 GMT
As Commander of the Grey,i personally thank you for your service. Your mustache was worthy of the Grey Wardens' legacy,Gerva/Stroud! I'm getting Wardeny vibes from romice's post,so she's free from suspicion this round
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