The recent fires that devastated the culture

The extent of the devastation suffered Monday by the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has not yet been evaluated. Many other monuments of art, science, history and culture have been victims of the flames. Here are some of the most recent ones:

Liceo de Barcelona – 1994

The sparks of the cane of an operator who repaired the building's fire curtain on January 31 ended with the velvet curtain of the stage. At 15 minutes, when the fire department arrived, the fire was already out of control. The great theater of La Rambla, which united since 1847 the best talents of the opera, was reduced to its smoking foundations. The Catalan society moved immediately (Emilio Botín donated 100 million pesetas and 620,000 euros this afternoon) and the school was rebuilt in the same place.

The Fenice of Venice – 1996

On the night of January 29, 1996, a fire burned down the opera La Fenice in Venice. In less than three hours, the wooden building was devoured by the flames. The Venetian theater, work of Gianantonio Selva, was inaugurated in 1792 and had already undergone another serious fire in 1836. On this occasion, the lack of water in the neighboring cbads, being drained, made difficult the work d & # 39; extinction. The building was restored and resumed operations in 2003.

National Museum of Brazil. September 2018

In early September of last year, a fire whose cause is still in the study burned down the 200-year-old building of the main museum of the first power of Latin America . It housed, among its more than 20 million pieces, Luisa, the oldest skeleton in America, about 12,000 years old. And fire may have silenced forever the words and ancestral Aboriginal songs, languages ​​that no longer exist in the world.

The reasons why the medieval cathedral is so emblematic

The cathedral is over 850 years old. He celebrated this event in 2013, according to his website.

The building took 182 years: construction began in the 12th century and was completed in the 13th century, according to Fodor & # 39; s Travel.

It can accommodate more than 6,000 worshipers, according to Lonely Planet.

King Henry VI of England was crowned King of France in the Cathedral, and Napoleon I was crowned there by Pope Pius VII, according to Lonely Planet.

The central spire of the cathedral was added during a restoration in the 19th century, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. The restoration was motivated in part by the success of Victor Hugo's novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, in 1831.

The cathedral is known for its huge stained glbad windows, among other notable architectural details. Our Lady suffered severe damage during the

French Revolution. It was restored by the architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century, according to Fodor's Travel.