It mesmerised Proust, terrified Homer Simpson and gave us the Hunchback " Guardian critics celebrate Paris's gothic masterpiece at the heart of the modern imagination As Notre Dame Cathedral's majestic spire tumbled into the inferno on Monday night, live newsreaders around the world decried the tragic loss of this 12th-century marvel. The great timber roof " nicknamed "the forest" for the thousands of trees used in i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:13AM on April 16, 2019