It's mind-boggling to think it was originally constructed between 1163 to 1345 using traditional medieval European building techniques, materials and laborers.
Because it wasn't, our entire human history has been skewed and written by elite benefactors and rulers, it's no wonder we can't build the same level of buildings today but instead build crappy glass and steel shitboxes and call it avant-garde. We lost the technology and craftsmanship to do so, but the excuse we make is that modern times call for simple, quick, and affordable solutions. We're probably living in the most fraudulent society and civilization in our current timeline of world history( REAL world history not the FAKE one we have now )
To be fair, the part whose rebuilding effort this labourer joined was originally rebuilt in the mid-19th century by a team led by its designer, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and they obviously used much more modern tools than the mediaeval ones. They did use quite traditional materials, though.
The original "flèche" from 13th century was much lower and much simple. It has to be removed just after the french revolution, about 1795, due to the risk of collapse. This one has been built by Viollet-le-Duc in 1859 and destroyed by fire in 2019. They rebuilt exactly the same (with some technical improvments)
@@McCainnn I suspect some of the materials are slightly different (like that craft paper they’re using to shield the lead coverings from the wooden beams), but they probably tested their behaviour to make sure it’s not too dissimilar from the original ones. Considering how there are still lead roof restorers working nowadays they must know what they’re doing.
It's mind-boggling to think it was originally constructed between 1163 to 1345 using traditional medieval European building techniques, materials and laborers.
Because it wasn't, our entire human history has been skewed and written by elite benefactors and rulers, it's no wonder we can't build the same level of buildings today but instead build crappy glass and steel shitboxes and call it avant-garde. We lost the technology and craftsmanship to do so, but the excuse we make is that modern times call for simple, quick, and affordable solutions. We're probably living in the most fraudulent society and civilization in our current timeline of world history( REAL world history not the FAKE one we have now )
To be fair, the part whose rebuilding effort this labourer joined was originally rebuilt in the mid-19th century by a team led by its designer, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and they obviously used much more modern tools than the mediaeval ones. They did use quite traditional materials, though.
The original "flèche" from 13th century was much lower and much simple. It has to be removed just after the french revolution, about 1795, due to the risk of collapse.
This one has been built by Viollet-le-Duc in 1859 and destroyed by fire in 2019. They rebuilt exactly the same (with some technical improvments)
@@McCainnn I suspect some of the materials are slightly different (like that craft paper they’re using to shield the lead coverings from the wooden beams), but they probably tested their behaviour to make sure it’s not too dissimilar from the original ones. Considering how there are still lead roof restorers working nowadays they must know what they’re doing.