US EditionFire Ravages French Monastery Dubbed 'Notre-Dame of the Ardennes'
Fire destroyed the main building of the 900-year-old Mont-Dieu monastery, leaving only walls and putting the structure at risk of collapse, officials said.
- On Nov 2, a fire tore through the ancient Mont-Dieu monastery in the Ardennes region, north-eastern France, destroying its main building, Anne Fraipont, mayor of Tannay-le-Mont-Dieu, said.
- Nearby walkers sounded the alarm after seeing smoke on Nov 2 morning, said Anne Fraipont, and the causes of the fire remain unknown.
- Firefighters arrived at 10am and had the blaze under control before 4pm, while workers on site continued to extinguish flames as the Ardennes fire and rescue service said the monastery risked collapsing.
- Fraipont described the damage, saying `There was a lot of wood in this building` and `There is no longer a roof, no longer a floor, only the walls remain` at Mont-Dieu main building.
- Dating back to 1130, Mont-Dieu's Carthusian monastery traces nearly 900 years of history, and the fire service confirmed no artworks were inside during the blaze.
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A part of the former monastery of the Chartreuse du Mont-Dieu (Ardennes) was destroyed on Sunday by fire. Its causes are unknown at this stage. - A building of the "Our Lady of the Ardennes" destroyed by the flames (Police, justice and various facts).
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The Straits TimesFire ravages French monastery dubbed ‘Notre-Dame of the Ardennes’
A fire on Sunday tore through the ancient monastery of Mont-Dieu, destroying the centuries-old French heritage site's main building, the local mayor and firefighters told AFP. Anne Fraipont, mayor of the nearby village of Tannay-le-Mont-Dieu, lamented the death of a monastery she called the "Notre-Dame of the Ardennes", which gained historic monument status in 1946.
A monastery in the north of France was largely destroyed by a fire. The medieval building is now considered to be at risk of collapse. The cause of the fire is unclear.
A fire ravaged the main building of the former monastery of the Chartreuse du Mont-Dieu, classified as a historical monument. The causes remain unknown. The damage is estimated at several million euros.
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