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Trunks must be left out to dry for up to 18 months Mar 10, 2021 JUPILLES, France Four French oaks that have been standing for hundreds of years in a once-royal forest now have a sacred destiny. Felled Tuesday in the Loire region’s Forest of Berce, they have been selected to reconstruct Notre Dame cathedral’s fallen spire. The 93-metre-high spire, made of wood and clad in lead, became the most potent symbol of the April 2019 blaze when it was seen engulfed in flames, collapsing dramatically into the inferno. Last July amid a public outcry, French President Emmanuel Macron ended speculation that the 19th century peak designed by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc could be rebuilt in a modern style. He announced it would be rebuilt exactly as it was before. And that began a nationwide tree hunt, culminating in a painstaking selection in January and February of this year.

France to rebuild Notre Dame spire from oaks in once-royal forest

Eight French oaks aged over two hundred years old, have been felled in a move to begin the rebuild of Notre Dame Cathedral’s fallen spire. On Monday and Tuesday the oaks, which had been standing for hundreds of years, were cut down in the Loire region’s Forest of Bercé, about 150 miles southwest of Paris. The Forest of Bercé was once a royal forest, belonging to the kings of France, and contains 3000 hectares of oaks. The oak trees harvested.

Oaks selected to rebuild Notre-Dame s fallen spire

Four French oaks that have been standing for hundreds of years in a once-royal forest now have a sacred destiny. Felled on Tuesday in the Loire region’s Forest of Berce, they have been selected to reconstruct Notre-Dame cathedral’s fallen spire. The 93m-high spire, made of wood and clad in lead, became the most potent symbol of the April 2019 blaze when it was seen engulfed in flames, collapsing dramatically into the inferno. In July last year amid a public outcry, French President Emmanuel Macron ended speculation that the 19th-century peak designed by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc could be rebuilt in a modern style. He

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