lakepurity: Macron 대통령,화재 현장에서 "노틀담사원" 재건축 맹세와 동시, 국제적 지원 요청, 나도 모금행사에 동참할것이다.

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Macron 대통령,화재 현장에서 "노틀담사원" 재건축 맹세와 동시, 국제적 지원 요청, 나도 모금행사에 동참할것이다.

Norte-Dame 천주교 성당은 이제 역사속으로 사라졌다. 이시간 현재, 아직 정확한 화재의 원인은 밝혀진게 없지만, 내부 공사중 사고로 불꽃이 튀어 발생하지 않았나?라는 쪽으로 의견이 모아지는것 같다.

모든 계획을 취소하고 현장으로 달려간 Macron대통령은 아직도 불타고 있는 현장에서 "우리는 다시 똑 같은 사원을 재건축 할것을 맹세 합니다. 전세계인들이여 이일에 동참해 주시기를 부탁합니다"라고.
많은 Donation이 즉각 답지하고 있다는 뉴스가 잇따른다. 유럽연합 대통령, Donald Tusk도 유럽연합회원국에 이일에 동참해 줄것을 호소하기도 했다.

'Gucci,입셍로랑'등등의 세계적 유명 브랜드 소유회사를 소유한 Kering Group의 회장, 억만장자 François-Henri Pinault씨는 재건축을 위해 즉석에서 1억 유로달러(미화 1억 1천 3백만달러)를 Donation할것임을 밝혔다.

또다른 2억유로달러(미화 2억2천6백만 달러)가 답지했다. Louis Vuitton, Sephora등등의 유명 브랜드를 소유한 Bernard Arnault씨 가족과 그의 회사 LVMH사가 그주인공이다.

Trump대통령도 깊은 관심을 보이고, 인류 전체의 손실이라고 장탄식을 했다. 내생각으로는 미국의 Donation이 무척 많을 것으로 보인다. 세계적으로 명물이 된 New York항의 Stature of Liberty(자유의 여신상)가 미국의 독립을 기념하기위해 프랑스 정부가 기증한 감사함을 잊지않고 있기 때문이다.

Notre-Dame은 연간 약 천3백만명이 방문해 왔으며, 이숫자는, 건축의 역사가 겨우 100년 조금넘은 Eiffel Tower 방문객보다 더 많은 숫자다.

주교, Paris Michel Aupetit는 "Notre Dame이 불타고 있다. 프랑스와 전세계인들이 통곡하고 있다. 이감정을 어떻게 억제해야 하나?" 라고 탄식했으며, 교황청은 "충격과 슬픔"으로, Theresa May영국 수상은 "Terrible"의 한마디로 표현하고 할말을 잊었다고 한다.
Unesco는 "값으로 따질수없는 인류보물을 구하고 재건축다짐한 프랑스와 함께"라고 했다.

외신을 종합에 보면, Notre Dame Cathedral Church는 850년의 긴역사를 간직한 Notre-Dame의 고틱 상징 건축물이, 오후 6시45분에 발생한 화재로 무너지는 광경을 지켜보던 파리지앵들은, 400명 이상의 소방관들이 화마와 싸우고 있는 광경을 보면서 한숨과 통곡을 했다고 한다.

그런데 조금 이상한 것은, 한국의 뉴스는, Cathedral Church의 건축 역사가 860년, 현지의 뉴스는 850년이라고 했는데 조금은 헷갈린다. 정확히는 856년의 역사로 이해됐다.

나는 Notre-Dame천주교회를, 1975년도 12월에, 혼자서 외롭게 구경을 했던 기억이 떠오른다. 정확이 45년전이다. 세월은 참빠르다. 그곳을 구경하기위한 여행을 떠났던게 아니고, 공무원 졸병자격으로 기술 연수차 갔었을때 주말을 이용하여 잠시 탐방했었다. 또다른 기억은, 당시 조국은 가난하여, 일반인들은 물론이고, 국가 공무원이 외국출장 나가는데도 국무총리의 승인이 나야 외국여행이 허락되던, 호랑이 담배먹던 시절이었다. 외화낭비를 막기위해서였다. 몇개 안되는 종합무역상사 직원들만이 가발,외국기업의 상표를 부착한 옷같은 제품을 수출하기위해 외국여행이 허락되던 때였었다. 참세월이 빠르다.

아래는 한국에서 보도한 뉴스중 일부이다.

860년 역사의 대성당은 매년 1200~1400만명의 방문객이 찾는 프랑스 파리의 인기 명소다. 1163년 프랑스 루이 7세의 명령으로 센강 시테섬에 있던 교회를 허물고 대성당 건설이 시작됐다. 루이 7세는 파리를 프랑스의 경제·문화 중심지로 키우고자 이같은 결정을 내렸다.

100여년에 걸쳐 완성된 노트르담은 프랑스 고딕건축 양식의 대표 예시로 알려져 있다. 가로로는 48미터(m), 세로로는 128m로 탑의 높이는 69m에 달한다.

노트르담은 ‘우리의 여인’이라는 뜻으로 가톨릭의 성모 마리아를 뜻한다. 프랑스와 영국 왕실의 주요한 의식 대부분이 이곳에서 진행됐을 정도로 프랑스 역사에서 중요한 건물 이었다.

메리 여왕과 스코틀랜드 제임스 5세 등의 결혼식이 열렸고, 1804년에는 프랑스 황제 나폴레옹 보나파르트의 대관식이 열렸다. 프랑스의 구국 영웅으로 알려진 잔 다르크가 처형되고 재심 재판이 열리기도 했다. 대작가로 유명한 빅토르 위고의 ‘노트르담의 꼽추’의 배경이기도 하다.

유네스코는 이같은 가치를 인정해 센강변을 1991년 세계문화유산으로 지정했다.

분명한것은, Notre Dame성당은 어김없이 더 좋고 튼튼하게 재건축될것은 확실하다는 점이다.
왜냐면, Notre Dame성당은 비록 파리에 소재하고 있었지만, 전 세계인들의 사랑을 받아왔던 인류 전체의 역사적 상징물이기 때문에, 고사리손같은 꼬마들의 돼지통장으로 부터 할아버지 할머니들의 안주머니속에 꼭 숨겨져 있던 정성담긴 성금들이 그렇게 만들것으로 확신돼기 때문이다. 나도 Donation에 동참할것이다.

In the latticed shadows of the medieval masterpiece that was Notre Dame de Paris, centuries of history unspooled: two calamitous world wars, bubonic plague, revolution, the sprawling, messy intricacies of daily life. Its mighty bells clanged at momentous junctures — when Paris was liberated from the Nazis in 1944, in tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

On Monday, it was the bells of Paris’ other churches that tolled — in an anguished, prayerful gesture of solidarity and support for the burning cathedral.

Onlookers wept and gasped in horror as more than 400 firefighters fought the ferocious and fast-moving blaze, which broke out about 6:45 p.m., destroying large parts of the 850-year-old Gothic monument.

Firefighters said the roof had been mostly destroyed, and at one point they feared the entire structure could collapse. Flames licked up the tall spire, which eventually buckled and collapsed in on itself, but by midnight, with the fire’s intensity finally fading, officials at the scene said the cathedral structure, including the two towers on the main facade, had been saved.

Among the sea of dismayed faces watching the flames, TV cameras found Patrick Chauvet, the rector of Notre Dame. “Catastrophe,” he murmured.

There were fears for the three famed “rose” stained-glass windows and treasures inside the cathedral, though many had been removed as the building was undergoing renovations. Firefighters rushed to save other works of art from inside the building.

Massive clouds of smoke filled the evening sky and embers from the burning building rained down on neighboring streets.

At the end of a long spring day, the early evening sky was still bright blue when flames began erupting from the grand structure’s roof, but as night fell, the scene resembled a Renaissance painting, with the cathedral’s looming towers suffused with an eerie glow and silhouetted against a roiled and darkening sky.

Among the devout, the misery of the spectacle was heightened by the timing: Holy Week, just six days from Easter Sunday.

For more than eight centuries, Notre Dame de Paris has been at the heart of the city’s spiritual, intellectual and cultural life.

It has been the scene of royal weddings as well as Napoleon Bonaparte’s consecration as emperor and the beatification of Joan of Arc. The cathedral was immortalized in Victor Hugo’s novel, called “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in English, which was later transformed into films, including an animated Disney musical.

Speaking through its deformed bell-ringer protagonist, Quasimodo, the novel was a lyrical tribute to the hulking, then-tattered holy place, badly in need of restoration. The cathedral, Hugo wrote, “was peopled with marble figures, kings, saints, and bishops who at least did not laugh at him, and never looked upon him otherwise than with peace and goodwill. The other statues, those of monsters and demons, did not hate Quasimodo; he looked too much like them for that.”

Located on the Ile de la Cite in the center of Paris and built on the ruins of two earlier churches, the cathedral draws about 13 million tourists a year, who marvel at its flying buttresses, its luminous stained glass, its grotesque but beloved gargoyles.

From across the Atlantic, President Trump tweeted advice, urging French authorities to bring in aerial tankers. Fire officials said helicopters were employed against the fire, but the national civil security force tweeted: “The dumping of water by aircraft on this kind of building could, actually, cause the complete collapse of the structure.”

“Helicopter or aircraft, the weight of water and the intensity of the dumping at low altitude could weaken the structure of Notre Dame and cause collateral damage to neighboring buildings,” it added.

Miraculously for an inferno of this scale, there were no known deaths. Laurent Nunez, a minister of state in the Interior Ministry, said the cause of the blaze was not known. One firefighter has been “seriously injured,” officials said.

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild the medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame after a major fire partially destroyed the Paris landmark.

Firefighters managed to save the 850-year-old Gothic building's main stone structure, including its two towers, but the spire and roof collapsed.
The fire was declared under control almost nine hours after it started.
The cause is not yet clear but officials say it could be linked to extensive renovation works under way.
Paris prosecutor's office said it was currently being investigated as an accident. A firefighter was seriously injured while tackling the blaze.

Macron: 'Terrible tragedy'

Visiting the site on Monday night, Mr Macron said the "worst had been avoided" with the preservation of the cathedral's main structure as he pledged to launch an international fundraising scheme for the reconstruction.

"We'll rebuild this cathedral all together and it's undoubtedly part of the French destiny and the project we'll have for the coming years," said Mr Macron.
"That's what the French expect [and] because it's what our history deserves," he added, visibly emotional, calling it a "terrible tragedy".
Billionaire François-Henri Pinault, chairman and CEO of the Kering group that owns the Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent fashion brands, has already pledged €100m (£86m; $113m) towards rebuilding Notre-Dame, a Unesco World Heritage site.
The French charity Fondation du Patrimoine is launching an international appeal for funds.

The fire started at around 18:30 (16:30 GMT) on Monday and quickly reached the roof of the cathedral, destroying its stained-glass windows and the wooden interior before toppling the spire.
Sections of the building were under scaffolding as part of the renovations and 16 copper statues had been removed last week. Work began after cracks appeared in the stone, sparking fears the structure could become unstable.
Mr Macron said the iconic cathedral was "for all French people", including those who had never been there, and praised the "extreme courage" of the 500 firefighters involved in the operation.

Mayor: 'Artwork in safe place'

Emergency teams managed to rescue valuable artwork and religious items, including what is said to be the crown of thorns worn by Jesus before his crucifixion, which were stored inside the cathedral, built in the 12th and 13th centuries.

"We had a chain of solidarity, especially in saving the works of art... [They] were able to be saved and put in a safe place," said Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. "This is a tragedy for the whole world... Notre-Dame is the entire history of Paris."
Historian Camille Pascal told French broadcaster BFMTV that "invaluable heritage" had been destroyed. "Happy and unfortunate events for centuries have been marked by the bells of Notre-Dame. We can be only horrified by what we see".

A symbol of a country

Analysis by Henri Astier, BBC World Online
No other site represents France quite like Notre-Dame. Its main rival as a national symbol, the Eiffel Tower, is little more than a century old. Notre-Dame has stood tall above Paris since the 1200s.
It has given its name to one of the country's literary masterpieces. Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is known to the French simply as Notre-Dame de Paris.
The last time the cathedral suffered major damage was during the French Revolution. It survived two world wars largely unscathed.
Watching such an embodiment of the permanence of a nation burn and its spire collapse is profoundly shocking to any French person.

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Reaction: 'France is crying'

Notre-Dame receives almost 13 million visitors each year, more than the Eiffel Tower.
Thousands of people gathered in the streets around the cathedral, observing the flames in silence. Some could be seen openly weeping, while others sang hymns or said prayers.
Several churches around Paris rang their bells in response to the blaze, which happened as Catholics celebrate Holy Week.
"Notre-Dame is burning, France is crying and the whole world, too. It is extremely emotional," Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit said.
The Vatican expressed "shock and sadness" while UK Prime Minister Theresa May described the fire as "terrible".
Unesco said it stood "at France's side to save and restore this priceless heritage."
visited by almost 13 million visitors each year, more than the Eiffel Tower

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel called the Notre-Dame a "symbol of French and European culture".
US President Donald Trump said it was "horrible to watch" the fire and suggested that "flying water tankers" could be used to extinguish the blaze.
In an apparent response, the French Civil Security service said that was not an option as it might result in the collapse of the entire building.
Because of the fire, Mr Macron cancelled a speech on TV in which he was due to address the street protests that have rocked France for months.