Notre Dame, pre- fire. Look at that spire! It was built in 1859, made of lead and oak and was 96 metres high! To rebuild the spire, destroyed by fire in 2019, will need up to 1,000 trees between 150 and 200 years old. The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has indicated that the spire would be rebuilt exactly as it was. According to the
Guardian, the trees required must be straight, 50-90cm in diameter and between 8 and 14 metres tall. The cathedral's roof had so many wooden beams that it was called
la foret (the forest).
