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Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris by TwoNineA on Monday April 15, 2019 @02:42PM (#19667728)
> immense societal consensus

They had a referendum asking the population to approve or not the construction? Or was it an autocratic entity (king and/or church) who decided?

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Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris by pintxo on Monday April 15, 2019 @03:00PM (#19667916)
Second that. While I am in awe everytime I have the privilege to visit a grand place of architecture. I cannot forget that one of the reasons they exist was the societal structure back then, which I would rather not live in.
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