What art might be lost in the NotreDame cathedral fire?
A fire ripped through the famed Notre Dame cathedral Monday evening in Paris leaving people around the world in shock at the loss of the historic building.
A man watches the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral burn, engulfed in flames, in central Paris on April 15. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images In 1831, author Victor Hugo published his iconic book, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, which is said to have prompted a restoration of the spire, statuary and the stained glass. A picture shows the choir of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris on November 29, 2012. Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images
Last week, more than a dozen statues were removed for scheduled cleaning and restoration, so were not damaged in the fire.
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