Notre Dame where France has kept and treasured its stories of heroism, symbolism, loss and hope 

'Cosmic wheels of colour … the cathedral’s rose windows.'Photo:theguardian.com

“Where would [one] find … such magnificence and perfection, so high, so large, so strong, clothed round about with such a multiple variety of ornaments?” asked John of Jandun, in his 1323 Treatise on the Praises of Paris. Five hundred years later, the gothic revivalist architect Augustus Pugin fainted when he first encountered Notre Dame, so overwhelmed was he by its beauty.’...Notre Dame and the culture it inspired

Like Easter and Spring, Notre Dame is also a Symbol of Hope and Resurrection

Notre-Dame will rise from the ashes thanks to symbols of hope and resurrection and lessons learned from Coventry Cathedral