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Why An Expert Says It Could Take 40 Years To Rebuild Notre Dame

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The massive fire that engulfed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris caused devastating damage to the structure, destroying its iconic spire and reducing its ancient wooden roof to ash.
“Were going to need glaziers to go up and individually remove all of the (individual pieces of glass) and take them down off site, clean them, restructure them, fill in the missing gaps, assess whats been lost, and then reinsert,” she said.
“Fortunately,” added Guerry, the region is home to “the worlds best glaziers, who are trained using 12th century techniques, with the skills to make it beautiful and wonderful.”
Reconstruction of Notre Dame will take around “40 years, if were very fast maybe 20 years, but it will be a generation.

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