Re-running this photo from late 2015. A remarkable view from a remarkable place. Like people all over the world, I was horrified to see it burning, but heartened to see what still stands and hear the ground-swell of support for rebuilding.
Notre Dame represents divine inspiration, but also the best of human spirit and human effort.
Ile de la Cite, Paris (Notre Dame)
Travels and Tomes: One Expat's Amblings and Ramblings 
It is a view we’re not likely to see in a while, restoration or not. Viollet-le-duc’s “flèche” is gone. At least the statues were saved, by sheer luck, taken away for maintenance but a few days before. 🙂