That fact alone show why MacronвЂ™s pledge to rebuild the cathedral within five years - by 2024 - has been widely dismissed as unrealistic. The trunks must be left out to dry for up to 18 months. There is in fact one other requirement: Patience. The only thing left to do is make the beam for Notre Dame,вЂќ Anthony Jeanneau, ONF Forestry Technician, told AP as trees fell noisily around him. вЂњWe have just measured one, it fits the required criteria in length and diameter. All 1,000 must be вЂњharvestedвЂќ all around the country by the end of March, otherwise harmful tree sap and moisture could enter the wood fibers. The architects responsible for rebuilding the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris have identified the first 85 ancient oak trees in French public forests that will be used to rebuild the spire of the. On Tuesday, chainsaw-wielding tree surgeons in Berce scaled the special oaks to fell them in a race against the clock.

Eight of the trees - destined for the most monumental part of the spire - were found in the Forest of Berce that once belonged to the Kings of France. Understandably, the dimensions required for Notre DameвЂ™s anointed timbers are clinically precise: Many trunks have to measure over 1 meter (more than 3 feet) wide and 18 meters (60 feet) long. The inside was such a lattice of beams and supports that it was affectionately called the вЂњforest.вЂќ Calls to reinforce it with fireproof concrete were dismissed, even after such material helped limit the fallout from a blaze in the Gothic Nantes Cathedral last year. Reconstruction of a 12th-century cathedral such as Notre Dame in wood is a daunting prospect. we are happy (that) the entire industry - from foresters to sawyers - is mobilized to meet this challenge,вЂќ said Michel Druilhe, President of France Bois Foret, a national interprofessional forestry network. Employees works on an oak tree Monday selected to be used to rebuild the spire and the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral destroyed by fire in 2019. вЂњGiven the place occupied by the cathedral in the hearts of the French, in the history of France and the world. Some 1,000 oaks in more than 200 French forests, both private and public, were chosen to make the frame of the cathedral transept and spire - destined to be admired on the Paris skyline for potentially hundreds of years.

And that began a nationwide tree hunt, culminating in a painstaking selection in January and February of this year. He announced it would be rebuilt exactly as it was before. Last July amid a public outcry, French President Emmanuel Macron ended speculation that the 19th century peak designed by EugГЁne Viollet-le-Duc could be rebuilt in a modern style. A massive fire has engulfed the Notre-Dame Cathedral, one of France's most visited sites, destroying the landmark's roof and famed spire.Read more: https://w. The 93-metre-high spire, made of wood and clad in lead, became the most potent symbol of the April 2019 blaze when it was seen engulfed in flames, collapsing dramatically into the inferno. Felled Tuesday in the Loire regionвЂ™s Forest of Berce, they have been selected to reconstruct Notre Dame cathedralвЂ™s fallen spire. JUPILLES, France (AP) - Four French oaks that have been standing for hundreds of years in a once-royal forest now have a sacred destiny.

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