Anyway I agree that Notre Dame is not only "old stones" but our history and it has to be renoved at his best !!!
It's Victor Hugo who is the responsible of the huge renovation in 19th century after he wrote the story of Esmeralda and Quasimodo. Without that it will have already disappeared 150 years ago.
I understand that all this money people are giving makes the person in need to be shocked but many forget also that it is the most visited monument of the world and the money income it brings every year is supposed help the community ...
It's unfair to critic Pinault and Arnault for their donations, they already do a lot in silence but it's always the same story, they get more stones on the head for what they do then if they did nothing ...
The gilets jaunes have destroyed the country and the cost is 10 times more than all donation for Notre Dame, plus so many lost their job. Who will paid for that ???
My father 84 years old and of course all people who have the less of money. So the french are just able to pretend change thing for a better but in fact it's more and more the chaos.
Sadly Notre Dame in fire is not only the fatality it's a symbol of what was before and after ...
PW