Quote Originally Posted by Tgo01 View Post
I'm sure there must have been some sort of historical artifacts that burned up, but I haven't read anything specific yet.
Quote Originally Posted by Stumplicker View Post
That's the problem. The building is a large part of the artwork. Stained glass and medieval gothic architecture. Many of the old cathedrals like that that are proofed against fire by removing anything out of them that could be a fire hazard. The paintings at St. Peters aren't even paintings, because paint is flammable. They were done painstakingly as mosaics, but from ten feet away, you can't tell the difference.
I still feel like it's not really something that's not replaceable on a materialistic scale. You can recreate pretty much fucking anything and as long as it appears to be the same... nothing was really lost. Y'know, unlike that picture of Jesus that got fucking gutted by that one cunt.