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The Notre Dame cathedral in Paris will be rebuilt as it previously stood, according to a new resolution passed by the French Senate. The vote comes after a fire destroyed the international landmark and amidst discussions of modernizing it.

While not yet binding law, the resolution is the biggest sign yet that the dreams of architects around the world will be crushed in the name of tradition. The Senate's resolution, which must be reworded to match the lower National Assembly's, declares that the famed cathedral will appear “in the same way visually as before.”

Despite an outpouring of design ideas, the stars seemed to be aligning toward a traditional visual response to the disaster ever since it began. Nostalgia for the monument, first completed in 1345, has run high.

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