This is a "requirement because it is our culture", stressed the minister of the Economy. The organ and the organ, which dating back to the Seventeenth century have been destroyed.
The State will support the restoration of the cathedral of Nantes, in part destroyed by a fire this weekend, announced the Economy minister, Bruno Le Maire. The main focus of the fire has touched the large organ located at the level of the west facade, at the entrance of the cathedral.
"It is an obligation for the State because it is his property, it is an obligation because it is our culture, therefore we will present," added Bruno Le Maire, recalling that the Prime minister had visited on Saturday.
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summer Offer : Take advantage of the special offer 2 months for 1€ I subscribethe organ and the organ, which dating back to the Seventeenth century have been destroyed. "There's a lot of damage at the level of the rostrum of the organ, it is a pile of charred wood, stones exploded", explained Valérie Gaudard, curator of the regional historical monuments and the regional Directorate of cultural affairs (Drac) of the Countries of the Loire. As a painting of Hippolyte Flandrin of the Nineteenth century. "There are things unrecoverable, like the table of Hippolyte Flandrin, Saint Clair healing the blind, it is lost permanently. It is a great grief," said Culture minister, Roselyne Bachelot, came to the area on Saturday.
The fire also destroyed "a part of the stalls of the choir and the stained glass windows of the facade, part of which was the remains of stained-glass windows of the Sixteenth century", added the curator. "It was also the area of the transept and of the choir who have been very affected," said Linda Gaudard, according to which "the stones are in a state of very unstable".
A voluntary released
questions have been raised about the origin of the fire, because "three points of fire separate" have been spotted within the cathedral. "Between the great organ, which is on the façade at the first floor and the other lights, you have almost the entire distance of the cathedral. They are still at a distance consistent to each other", a statement Saturday, the prosecutor. Experts in fire, police laboratory of science and technology, are hard at work to try to determine the origin of the loss, in the context of the investigation opened for "arson".
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Fire in the cathedral of Nantes : the volunteer of the diocese released the Fire of the cathedral of Nantes : what we know At the heart of the intervention of firefighters to save the cathedral of NantesA volunteer of the diocese, which was heard in police custody has finally been released Sunday evening. And this "without any proceedings", the prosecutor stated, confirming a News Ocean. "He is not involved in the commission of the facts," he told the daily. In the state of the proceedings, "there is no element that directly related to my client in the fire in the cathedral", had told the press on Sunday, Me Quentin Chabert, the lawyer of the detainee.
Date Of Update: 20 July 2020, 05:58
