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While the firefighters at work at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris were able to save the structure of the building and began Monday evening to control the violent fire, French President Emmanuel Macron promised that this historic jewel would be rebuilt.
" We will rebuild Notre-Dame, " promised French President Emmanuel Macron after the fire that ravaged Monday the iconic Gothic cathedral. " The worst has been avoided, even if the battle is not yet fully won, " said the president, apparently moved, on the edge of the ravaged cathedral, saying that " the next few hours will be difficult ."
On the forecourt of the stricken church, the Head of State addressed " a thought for all our compatriots ", because Notre-Dame de Paris " is our history, our literature, our imagination, the place where we lived all our great moments .
" What happened here tonight in Paris and in this Notre-Dame cathedral is obviously a terrible tragedy, " the French head of state told the press on the Ile de la Cité.
" The next few hours will be difficult but thanks to their courage, the facade and the two main towers have not collapsed, " he continued alongside the Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit and Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.
" This story is ours, so it burns and I know the sadness, the inner tremor felt by so many fellow citizens ." " But tonight I also want to have a word of hope, that's the pride we must have, proud of all those who fought so that the worst will not happen, these fire soldiers, pride because this cathedral more than 800 years ago we knew how to build it and through the centuries, to make it grow and to improve it, "he added.