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    I think there will be a ton of funding from around the world. Usually that decides the pace of the reconstruction. It will probably be restored quickly.

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    are they going to get naming rights to the towers and chambers ?


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    Can you enlighten the uneducated, who da feck are those two

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    Quote Originally Posted by chuckster007:
    Can you enlighten the uneducated, who da feck are those two
    Russians, who definitely weren't spies, definitely didn't poison anyone with deadly nerve agent produced in Russia, and only went to Salisbury to visit the 'world famous' cathedral. Because they just love cathedrals...

    “Our friends had been suggesting for a long time that we visit this wonderful town,” Petrov said of Salisbury.

    “There’s the famous Salisbury cathedral. It’s famous not only in Europe, but in the whole world. It’s famous for its 123 metre-spire. It’s famous for its clock, one of the first ever created in the world that’s still working,” added Boshirov reeling off facts that closely resembled those laid out in a Russian-language Wikipedia entry about Salisbury.
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-b...-idUSKCN1LT103

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    After all the pillaging and exploitation that the Catholic church has done, you'd think they could afford the rebuild without begging for donations. They could sell a few parcels of the massive amount of land they own all over the world. Guess they were too cheap to get a proper fire suppression system.

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    Well, in the meantime, let's see some of the other 20000000 churches around the world. Going up the spire in the Ulmer Münster ist pretty cool.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Golem:
    After all the pillaging and exploitation that the Catholic church has done, you'd think they could afford the rebuild without begging for donations. They could sell a few parcels of the massive amount of land they own all over the world. Guess they were too cheap to get a proper fire suppression system.
    France owns Notre Dame, not the Catholic church. I have no idea why but that fact has been widely reported.

    Edit: From Wiki, apparently some 1905 law made 70 churches in Paris owned by France, not the Catholic church:

    "Under a 1905 law, Notre-Dame de Paris is one of 70 churches in Paris built before that year which are owned by the French state. While the building itself is owned by the state, the Catholic Church is the designated beneficiary, having the exclusive right to use it for religious purposes in perpetuity. The archdiocese is responsible for paying the employees, for security, heating and cleaning, and for ensuring that the cathedral is open free to visitors. The archdiocese does not receive subsidies from the French state.[57]"

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