UN educational, cultural and scientific body, UNESCO's Director-General Andrey Azoulay on Tuesday proposed to help in rebuilding the medieval cathedral of Notre Dame¹ of Paris.

 

联合国教科文组织负责人安德烈·阿祖莱周二提议帮助巴黎圣母院的重建。
 

 

"UNESCO stands by France in safeguarding and rehabilitating² this invaluable³ heritage. We are already in contact with experts and ready to send an emergency mission to assess the damage, preserve what can be preserved and plan short and medium-term measures," Azoulay said.

 

She also pledged to accompany and support authorities in the rehabilitation⁴ and the recovery of original elements and to develop an action plan to avoid further deterioration⁵ of the site.

 

"We are all heartbroken. Notre Dame represents a historically, architecturally, and spiritually, outstanding universal heritage. It is also a monument of literary heritage, a place that is unique in our collective imagination," Azoulay said.

 

"This drama reminds us of the power of heritage that connects us to one another. We are receiving messages of support from all over the world," she added.

 

Notre Dame is France's finest example of Gothic architecture, with an innovative⁶ use of rib⁷ vaults⁸ and buttresses⁹, stained glass rosettes and sculpted¹⁰ ornaments¹¹.

 

The cathedral, whose construction began in 1160 and continued over a century, is part of the World Heritage site of "Paris, Banks of the Seine" inscribed¹² on the World Heritage List in 1991.

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