Notre Dame Cathedral's famed rose windows, organ spared, church official says. The large round windows that date back to 1250.
, some witnesses thought the Gothic structure that has stood for 850 years was doomed.
Chauvet said the cathedral's famous 18th-century organ that boasts 8,000 pipes was also left unscathed.Andrew Finot, head of communications for Notre Dame Cathedral, said aboutin the sanctuary were saved, including the Crown of Thorns purportedly placed on Jesus Christ's head during his crucifixion, and the Tunic from Saint Louis worn by the 13th-century King Louis IX. He said a team raced to the cathedral when the fire broke out and removed many of the relics.
"I went immediately to the rectory and they had already called the firefighters," Chauvet said. "We have guards that three times a day check in on the framework to make sure it doesn’t burn.
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