 The decision to buy this Lego set that reproduces Notre-Dame de Paris, was made immediately after seeing it on the official website. Without studying it in particular, I had noticed that the architecture set was one of those that reproduced the structure faithfully and on a large scale. I have always had a great passion for cathedrals and not for religious reasons but for the magnificence and mixed sensations of mystery and curiosity that works like Notre-Dame have always transmitted to me. At the beginning I never asked myself and I never investigated in depth this predisposition of mine but in recent years with the increase of my wisdom, I discovered something about this mystery. More than anything, as often happens to me, it is the solution that comes directly to me and not the other way around. Delving into the mystery of cathedrals, I approached theories that seeing places like Notre-Dame and other majestic cathedrals, as places built to generate vibrations and frequencies with the aim of creating energy or healing people, in a sort of elevated and more advanced radiotherapy. If we stick to the conventional version of history, cathedrals as well as various temples scattered around the world are places of worship to venerate alleged gods. But there is an objective observation that should make even an imbecile understand and that is the perfection and mathematical construction of these places. Moreover, many of these places have been officially built over the centuries, as if it were normal to take such a perfect and articulated project and distribute its construction over the centuries involving an infinite series of types of people as if it were something that is passed down from father to son. All this with a logistics that according to history was managed by carts and horses. With this I do not intend to develop or amplify what I believe to be the true nature of structures such as Notre-Dame, but simply to clarify my position with respect to them. It goes without saying that beyond the true nature of Notre Dame, having the opportunity to build a highly realistic reproduction of the structure was an opportunity for me to seize. I have seen and visited Notre Dame three times, however, when I was ready and mature enough to try to discover its secrets, there was the sad episode of the fire. The only visit I made inside the cathedral was in 2009, immediately before New Year's Eve and the structure was packed with people, it was a claustrophobic experience where I could not enjoy, visit and photograph the structure as I wanted. In 2019 I was very happy and excited because I had planned a visit to Paris from Brussels and I was ready to visit Notre Dame in the best way, even going up to the top. Unfortunately, that mysterious fire for me was a mockery as well as a tragic event for the information regarding the true history of the structure. I am of the opinion that episodes of this kind are organized in the smallest details and then covered up by the excuse of the accident. Who knows how many things were lost forever in that fire, details and information that, studied by independent people and not slaves to the system, could have revealed more important things. In this regard, I told in my post Paris 2019 how during my visit, the cathedral was cordoned off and meticulously controlled by the police. What I saw was more of a security service aimed at controlling, protecting and probably transferring important material out of the cathedral, rather than a protection service for people in the event of a possible collapse of the structure. Seeing today the internal mess that they call restructuring and modernization of the structure, I feel even more mocked because for me the only things that will remain are the few blurry photos that I managed to take in 2009. If I then think that the modern version was wanted by a warmonger who lives with his grandmother, it seems like a further mockery to me. Luckily all this series of conflicts and frustrations found peace thanks to Lego when it presented the set related to Notre-Dame. I must say that after purchasing it, I saw the assembled model displayed in the Leeds store and I had some doubts. Probably also because it was close to other larger sets, the cathedral set seemed smaller than I thought but it must also be said that it was displayed behind the cash register counter so in fact I could not really see it up close. However, this detail, rather than discouraging me, gave me further curiosity to assemble it. Before even starting this process, I purchased a dedicated display case that arrived after several weeks from China and which I must say is the best of all the display cases I have bought to show a Lego so far. Assembly Process Gallery          It took me ten days to assemble this Lego set, a little less than I had expected. Generally speaking, I spent a little more than an hour a day assembling three or four bags per session because I liked to see the Lego develop and I love photographing the various phases. Inside the box there were 34 bags for a total of 393 steps, however, except for a few cases, they were not necessarily long steps. In some cases, even some pairs of bags numbered progressively were part of the same assembly step. The construction of the structure was divided into two parts and the assembly began with the back part. After three days and assembling nine bags, I had finished assembling the entire back part. The unusual thing was the placement of the columns that also acted as pillars; those on the upper floor fell exactly on top of the lower ones as in a real structure. The front part followed the same logic and after assembling the perimeter and the floor, I joined the two parts. In this regard, it must be said that during the assembly phases of the front part, the structure remained as if divided and not compact. Even the lifting of the same had to be done with care because it could literally break in two. Only after the assembly and fixing of the lateral rosettes, thanks to some strategic bricks, the structure was compacted into a single block with a solid appearance. Subsequently, the assembly was focused a little in parallel between the towers and the roof with the spire as the final element. Assembling this Lego set, in addition to exorcising the recent history of the Notre Dame Cathedral, confirmed some hypotheses that I had already expressed when assembling the Statue of Liberty set. These structures are assembled just like a real building, the only thing that changes is the proportion of the individual elements. In the case of Notre Dame, it is incredible how the final structure is solid and even applying pressure on different points does not create any type of collapse or damage to the structure. I have not tested it but I believe that this set can support a weight three times heavier than its own which, if you make proportions, is incredible. Clearly, if I take the set and throw it into the air, it will land half destroyed but imagine if we apply the same principle to the real structure. This detail made me reflect on an aspect of the real construction of both Notre Dame and other similar structures. Who knows if they are not really the result of a principle similar to Lego where stones were shaped and cut perfectly and then joined with a sexual male-female interlocking like in Lego? Clearly we must not think from our small point of view of tiny beings but of beings with a more important conformation than us. Let's say beings proportionate to structures such as Notre-Dame or the Cologne Cathedral. After all, compared to the Lego set I am much bigger and in the end it is always a question of proportions; those known and those unknown, omitted or even erased from history. Who knows if Lego using this creative art, are not a form of mockery that throws the truth in our faces without our knowledge. These are clearly only my theories which however are based on logic rather than on the fantasy of official theories. Beyond this, assembling Notre-Dame has increased my passion for architecture sets compared to the others. I already own a couple of Lego structures and will focus on these after having assembled the last two Speed Champions that I had already purchased previously. Details Gallery                A.M.
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