Arnaud Gaudillat, a history teacher in France, recalled bursting into tears as he watched television coverage of flames tearing through the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in 2019.
Now, five years later, as hundreds of architects, engineers and metalworkers race to finish rebuilding the cathedral’s roof coverings and electrical cabling by the end of the year, Mr. Gaudillat will not be sitting on the sidelines.
Lego, the biggest toy company in the world, on Saturday released a model of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, complete with rose windows, bell towers and a central spire surrounded by statues.
“I just want to have this beautiful thing in my house,” Mr. Gaudillat, 25, said of the Notre-Dame set.
He started building intricate Lego sets a few years ago and became hooked.
Persons:
Arnaud Gaudillat, ”, Gaudillat, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, Solomon R, “, ” Mr, Dame
Organizations:
Notre, Guggenheim Museum
Locations:
France