Salma Hayek's husband will donate 100 million euros to rebuild Notre Dame

The tycoon and husband of actress Salma Hayek, Francois-Henri Pinault, announced that he would make a donation of 100 million euros for the reconstruction of the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral. Paris. today affected by a fire.

President Emmanuel Macron affirmed in front of the facade of Notre-Dame, always on fire, that France would "rebuild" the cathedral, pride of the nation for 850 years, and called for a national and international collection.

Devastated: it is so that Our Lady was left inside after the fire

An hour later, Pinault, owner of the luxury Kering empire, announced in a statement that he would donate 100 million euros to help rebuild the monument, reported the European media.

Pinault, CEO of Kering, parent company of brands such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Puma and Fnac, made his decision public by a statement in which he pledged to allocate this sum to the reconstruction.

The structural damage of the Gothic building is enormous after the fire. Firefighters will work all night. They managed to stop the fire before it reached the north facade.

Of the other damage caused by the disaster, the central needle of the cathedral, the rosettes exploded and the vaults gave way, leaving the inside of the ships, and the damage is still incalculable .

A bahiense lived all the fire of Notre Dame de la Tour Eiffel

Despite the ferocity of the flames, they managed in the early hours of fire to save important works of art and relics such as the crown of thorns of Jesus Christ or the nails of his crucifixion.

The National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's oldest, which lost much of its collection of 20 million works by a fire last year, lamented what was wrong. pbaded today in Notre-Dame and through social networks Le français

"Our institution, which has experienced a similar episode in recent history, sympathizes with the French at that time," adds the note from the National Museum quoted by the EFE agency.

The Notre-Dame fire, whose cases are being investigated by the Office of the Prosecutor, began shortly before 7:00 pm (French time) after the closure of the public.

The cathedral, France's most visited monument and one of the masterpieces of Gothic art, is closely linked to the history of France: it was the place chosen by Napoleon for his coronation emperor in December 1804 and part of the celebrations of the liberation of Paris from the Nazis, with a religious service on August 26, 1944, among other important events. (Télam)