The devastating Notre Dame fire was a warning bell that all of Europe needs to hear.
FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, April 15, 2019, with the Eiffel Tower behind, left, flames and smoke rise from the blaze at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris that destroyed its spire and its roof but spared its twin medieval bell towers, and prompted a frantic rescue effort to save its most precious artefacts.
There are no exact statistics, said Didier Rykner of Frances La Tribune de lArt, but added that France sees several fires every year in historic buildings, which is already way too much. In Spain, the Gran Teatre del Liceu — Barcelonas opera house — was destroyed almost entirely in 1994 by a fire caused by spark that fell on a curtain during routine repair work.
Reparation or restoration should be seen as the failure in conservation, he said. We would be spending money in maintenance but we will be minimizing potential future damages.We should never forget that theres also a cost to non-action, a lack of maintenance or a lack of prevention, he said. You have seen that, now, the money is not the problem, said Quaedvlieg-Mihailovicis. There is a lesson. Could we not invest smaller amounts, and not just for the biggest and the most iconic monuments?
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