UNESCO experts ready to assist reconstruction of iconic Notre Dame | World News, The Indian Express

UNESCO experts ready to assist reconstruction of iconic Notre Dame | World News, The Indian Express

By PTI |United Nations |Published: April 17, 2019 2:23:16 pm

UNESCO experts ready to assist reconstruction of iconic Notre Dame

The cathedral, where construction began in the 1160s extending for more than a century, is considered to be the finest example of the French Gothic style of architecture, with its groundbreaking use of rib vaults and buttresses, stained glass rosettes and sculpted ornaments.

Notre Dame cathedral fire: She described seeing people praying outside the stricken symbol of the city and the nation, still trying to take in the scale of the disaster. (Source: AP Photo/File)

Two-thirds of the largely medieval roof of the famed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris have “gone” after the devastating fire in Paris, but UN cultural experts are standing by to offer help in rebuilding the iconic structure, UNESCO World Heritage Centre Director Mechtild Rössler said.