ABCBreakingNewsByJuliaJacoboApr16,20196:33AMFlamescause'colossaldamages'toNotreDameCathedralinParis,Macronsays'wewillrebuild'Theflamescauseda315-footspiretotoppleover.AfirehasengulfedtheNotreDameCathedralinParis,oneofthecity'smosticonicsights.Thefire1_______(begin)at6:50p.m.localtimeMonday,theParisfiredepartmentsaid,andcontinuedtoburnhourslater.AFrenchfirefighterofficialtoldreportersthemainstructureofthecathedralhasbeensavedandthetwoiconicmaintowersareintactandhavebeensavedaswell.FrenchMayorAnneHidalgosaidthat2________(authority)wereevacuatingpeoplefrombuildingsinthearea–3_______(include)homesclosetothecathedral.AspokespersonforthecathedraldescribethedamagetoFrenchmediaas"colossal.""Everythingisburning,nothingwillremainfromtheframe,"thespokespersonsaid.Thefiremaybeconnectedtotherecent4________(restore)ofthechurch,officialssaid.Therestorationworkcosts120millioneuros,theNotreDameParisofficetoldABCNews,5_______(add)thatafirealarmtestconductedlastweekwentwell.Theroofhas6_______(complete)collapsed,witnessJohnDickas,anAmericanprofessorlivinginParis,toldABCNews.Largecrowdshavebeguntogatheraroundthescene.Somemembersofthecrowdbegantosinghymnsasthecathedralburned.Thecathedral7________(build)around1260ADandtoweredoverthecityofParisforcenturies.Muchofthefacade/outsideandinterior/insidearetruetotheir8________(origin)designs.FrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacronexpressedsadness9_____thesightofthehistoricbuilding'sdemise,sayingitcapturesthe"emotionofanentirenation.""ThinkingofalltheCatholicsandalltheFrenchpeople,"Macronwrote."Likeallofourcountrymen,Iamsadtonight10________(see)partofusburning."PresidentTrumpsaid:“thegreatnessofthecathedralisbeyondcountries,it'sapartofourcultureandit’saterriblesighttobehold.”BackgroundinfoaboutthecathedralAReligioussiteNotreDamedeParisThesiteoftheNotredameisthecradleofParisandhasalwaysbeenthe1________(religion)centerofthecity.TheCeltshadtheirsacredgroundhere,theRomansbuiltatemple2______(worship)Jupiter.ConstructionBishopMauricedeSullystartedthe3_______(construct)in1163.TheCathedralwastobebuiltinthenewGothicstyleandhadtoreflectParis'sstatus4_____thecapitaloftheKingdomFrance.ItwasthefirstcathedralbuiltonamonumentalscaleandbecametheprototypeforfuturecathedralsinFrance.TheBuildingIn1345,thecathedral5______(complete),partlybecausethedesignwasenlargedduringconstruction.Theresultis6_____overwhelmingbuilding,128metersin7______(long)(420ft)withtwo69-metertalltowers(226ft).Thespireoverthecrossingreaches90meters(295ft)andwasaddedinthenineteenthcentury.TheNotre-DameCathedralhasseverallargerosewindows,thenorthernthirteenth-centurywindowisthemost8________(impress).Themassivewindowhasadiameterof13.1meters.RestorationDuringtheRevolution,manyofthecathedral'ssculpturesandinteriorwasremovedordemolished.Itwasn'tuntilthenineteenthcenturybeforetheCathedralwas9______(full)restoredthanksinparttothewriterVictorHugo,whowithhisbook'Notre-DamedeParis',madetheParisians10________(realize)thecathedralwasworthrestoring.
