(Caracas, April 15 – Noticias24) – Paris's cathedral, devastated by a large fire on Monday, is known around the world thanks to writer Victor Hugo's "Hump of Notre Dame". Novels have adapted to movies many times, especially Disney studios, or turned into musical comedies.
The dismissed writer began writing this work in 1831 to save a strongly decadent monument.
Victor Hugo wrote in a chapter entitled "Our Lady": "Even today, the Church of Our Lady of Paris has become a noble and magnificent monument."
However, he added, "No matter how dignified it is over time, the flow of people and time can not but be resentful of all kinds of collapse and destruction poured into this historic monument." Charlemagne set his first stone, even Philip Augustus put the last. "
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Victor Hugo complained in his prologue to his book, "How these wonderful medieval churches were dealt with for 200 years." "Cutting comes from inside and outside," he complained.
"Perhaps the church itself will soon disappear from the face of the earth," the writer prophesied.
The publication of this work attracted general attention. For the "unacceptable" status of the monument.
The movement of public opinion decided in 1844 to decide on a contest involving several architects, including Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, who accepted the monument's restoration project.
A law was adopted in July 1845 to restore the cathedral. Victor Hugo's goal was finally achieved.
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Victor Hugo saved Notre Dame. Since his creation, the whole world has been imagining that the ghost of Esmeralda's ghost, Quasimodo or Frollo, lives in the cathedral.
In a novel written by a novelist at the time of the final edition of his work (1832) He remembered that his book was a call to "the fall of the present architecture and death".
"Hunchback of Notre Dame" would have opened up some views on medieval art. For this incredible art so far unknown, Things are terrible.
"However, the author did not consider finishing the voluntary assignment," the writer continued. "He has already advocated more. As an opportunity to approve the cause of our old buildings, we have already blamed many accusations, many demolitions and many misfortunes. And I will do so. "
Source of information: AFP