Burning of the cathedral of Nantes: Stéphane Bern lives a "nightmare": Current Woman The MAG

On Saturday July 18, 2020, a fire broke out at the Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul cathedral in Nantes. Mobilized from eight in the morning, nearly a hundred firefighters tried to control the flames, which completely destroyed the great organ of the 15th century building. A real tragedy for the people of Nantes, who had already seen the religious monument burn in 1972. As declared the public prosecutor of Nantes, Pierre Sennès, three starts of fire were noted in the cathedral. If the accident track is not removed, an arson investigation was opened.

Stéphane Bern inconsolable

Barely more than a year after the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, Stéphane Bern mourns the degradation of another symbol of French heritage. "The nightmare begins again"he wrote on his Twitter account in response to footage of the fire filmed by BFMTV. Devastated, man of radio and television expressed his immense sadness in an interview with France Loire Ocean Blue. "This Nantes cathedral which has already suffered, with the fire during the renovation of 1972, it is something unbearable these attacks on our heritage, because we are touching something sacred whether we are believers or not, he lamented. It’s the identity of France, it’s the history of France, it’s something that affects us all."

And to continue: "These are whole sections of our history, they are crafts, they are men and women who have worked for centuries, certainly to glorify God, but also to leave a place in our history. And we see that in one morning it all goes up in smoke"Arrived on the spot, Prime Minister Jean Castex wanted to salute the dedication of the fire soldiers. The new head of government wishes"the fastest possible reconstruction".

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