After an immense blaze consumed the Notre Dame cathedral, it took 400 firefighters some 12 hours to quell the flames. In the disaster, the 850-year-old Paris landmark lost its spire and part of its roof to the flames. But as luck would have it, its iconic stained-glass rose windows reportedly survived the fire.
The Archbishop of Paris told BFM TV that all three medieval rose windows on the west, north, and south sides from the 12th and 13th centuries were still intact. Some other stained glass windows were damaged, but they were much newer, said the Archbishop.
