Rescue mission for crumbling Paris landmark 宸撮粠鍦ｆ瘝闄㈢偤淇箷灏嬫眰鎹愬姪

瀛�(xu茅)缈�(x铆)瑕侀粸

鍜�“buildings 鎴垮眿”鏈夐棞(gu膩n)鐨勮鍖�

閭婄湅閭婄瓟

What is causing the masonry to crumble away?

鏂囧瓧绋�

Outside on the roof above the back of the cathedral, this is the part of Notre Dame that visitors don't get to see. Fallen chunks of stoneware, gargoyles replaced by PVC pipes, a flying buttress held together by metal staples, a pinnacle in a brace.

鍦ㄥ反榛庡湥姣嶉櫌鑳屽悗鐨勫眿闋備笂锛岄€欐槸娓稿鐒℃硶鐪嬪埌鐨勬暀鍫備竴閮ㄥ垎銆傝惤涓嬬殑澶у鐭冲櫒銆佽PVC鎺掓按绠′唬鏇跨殑婊存按妲�銆佺敱閲戝爆“瑷傛浉閲�”鍥哄畾鐨勯鎵跺銆佺敱鏀灦鎾愯憲鐨勫皷闋�銆�

Slowly this jewel of Gothic architecture is becoming unstable.

鎱㈡參鍦�锛岄€欏骇鍝ョ壒寮忓缓绛戠殑鐟板璁婂緱瓒婁締瓒婁笉绌�(w臎n)瀹氥€�

This section over here is what they call the cemetery. These pieces are all bits of Gothic masonry which are in such bad repair, that they simply fell off.

閫欏€嬮儴鍒嗘槸琚粬鍊戠ū鐐�“澧撳湴”鐨勫湴鏂�銆傞€欎簺閮芥槸寰為€欏骇鎬ラ渶淇京(f霉)鐨勫摜鐗瑰紡纾氱煶寤虹瓚涓婃帀涓嬩締鐨勭鐗囥€�

The problem is pollution, combined with the cold and rain, which together are eating into the limestone. Eventually it crumbles away.

鍟忛鏄薄鏌�锛屽啀鍔犱笂瀵掑喎鐨勫ぉ姘ｅ拰闆ㄦ按锛屽畠鍊戜竴璧蜂笉鏂蜂镜铦曡憲閫欎簺鐭崇伆?gu墨)r銆傛渶绲備娇鍏剁牬纰�銆�

The only solution is to replace the masonry block by block. But that is a massive job and the French state can't afford it.

鍞竴鐨勮睛娉曟槸涓€濉婁竴濉婂湴鏇挎彌閫欎簺纾氱煶鐮屽銆備絾宸ョ▼娴╁ぇ锛屾硶鍦嬫斂搴滆矤(f霉)鎿�(d膩n)涓嶈捣閫欑瓎璨荤敤銆�

That's why the cathedral has launched an international plea for private funds, aimed principally at the U.S. On this very roof after all once cavorted the hunchback of Disney fame - oh yes, and the book.

閫欎篃姝ｆ槸宸撮粠鍦ｆ瘝闄㈠悜鍏ㄧ悆鐧�(f膩)璧峰皨姹傜浜烘崘鍔╁懠鍚佺殑鍘熷洜锛屾鍛煎悂涓昏閲濆皪缇庡湅銆傚洜鐐虹敱杩＋灏兼垚鍔熷埗浣滅殑鍕曠暙銆婇悩妯撴€汉銆嬩腑鐨勪富浜哄叕姝ｆ槸鍦ㄩ€欏€嬪眿闋備笂姝¤伈闆€韬�锛屾槸鐨勶紝閭勬湁閭ｆ湰鏇�銆�

Michel Picot, Head of fundraising

“Not begging, but asking for help is the best thing to do because it's not, it's not a French monument, it's not a Paris monument, it's a worldwide monument.”

绫虫瓏鐖�·鐨 绫屾绺界洠(ji膩n)

“鎴戝€戜笉鏄篂姹�锛岃€屾槸灏嬫眰骞繖锛岄€欐槸鏈€濂界殑鏂瑰紡锛屽洜鐐哄畠涓嶅儏鏄竴搴ф硶鍦嬬殑绱€(j矛)蹇电锛屾垨宸撮粠鐨勭磤(j矛)蹇电锛屽畠鏄叏涓栫晫鐨勭磤(j矛)蹇电銆�”

Time, the elements and the petrol engine have exacted a heavy toll on Notre Dame Cathedral.

鏅傞枔銆佸ぉ姘ｅ拰姹芥补鐧�(f膩)鍕曟(j墨)灏嶅反榛庡湥姣嶉櫌閫犳垚浜嗗毚(y谩n)閲嶇殑鎼嶅銆�

Today the imaginative genius of its medieval craftsmen is being eroded into annihilation. Without urgent help, much more will be lost.

鏅傝嚦浠婃棩锛屼腑涓栫磤(j矛)宸ュ尃鐨勬兂璞″姏宸茬稉(j墨ng)琚镜铦曟畣鐩�銆傚鏋滄矑鏈夌穵鎬ユ彺鍔�锛屾悕澶辩殑灏囨渻鏇村銆�

瑭炲尟

chunks

澶у

flying buttress

(鎵舵寔澧诲鐨�)椋涙壎澹�

brace

鏀灦

Gothic masonry

鍝ョ壒寮忕鐭冲缓绛�

crumbles

鐮磋

浣犵煡閬撳棊?

The first stone of Notre Dame was laid in 1163 and it took 180 years to complete. Today the cathedral stands as a Gothic masterpiece.

钃嬪缓宸撮粠鍦ｆ瘝闄㈢殑绗竴濉婄煶闋槸鍦�1163骞撮嫪瑷�(sh猫)鐨�锛屽畬鎴愬畠鑺辫不浜�180骞�銆備粖澶�锛岄€欏骇鏁欏爞鏄摜鐗瑰紡寤虹瓚鏉板嚭浣滃搧鐨勪唬琛�銆�

鍟忛绛旀

Pollution, combined with the cold and rain, are eating into the limestone, making it crumble.