Notre Dame de Paris
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The World became the shadow of itself - like Matrix.
Ten medieval architectural monuments were destroyed just in Prizren (South Serbia-Kosovo), in 2004 during mass attacks by Albanian extremists on Serbian shrines, among them was the temple of the Mother of God Ljeviška (older then Notre Dame), as well as the previously mentioned Church of the Virgin Hodegetria. The Monastery of the Holy Archangels was also almost completely demolished. Monasteries on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Shortly after the destruction of the monuments, the Mayor of Venice Massimo Cacciari said it was as if the Cathedral of St Mark's in Venice had been destroyed or any other such important artifact in Italy or France.
It was just 20 years ago when West closed its eyes on the fate of this heritage and it seems like it is in no hurry to open them.
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Pilou sorry for the loss to the French people and world heritage. Fortunate there was no loss of life as far I've heard, but still Notre Dame represents a great deal.
Also sorry to hear about the hateful destruction in Serbia - Kosovo. It's just not covered the same in the news. It IS strange though. I am listening to the History of Byzantium podcast and that's the very question: why Western thought seems to dismiss this lineage, the Roman, Greek-speaking Empire that survived so long after the power in Italy disintegrated. Maybe the insular nature of the Middle Ages colored everything after?
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