I am an architect of heritage. I love heritage, I have made it my profession. Preserving every stone, every window, every piece of wood possible is my life, my passion, my profession.
I deplore any degradation of Historical Monuments. Buildings that have stood the test of time and arrived to us, sometimes by chance, sometimes thanks to people who have chosen, like me, to preserve as a profession.
However, I have one thing clear. No building, no work, is worth a human life. No one is worth a hand torn off, a jaw broken.
I would go further. No monument is worth a child who is hungry, who goes to school with an empty stomach. I would risk my life to save a work of art? Maybe. Would I compare institutional and economic violence to a burned-out town hall? Never.
Unfortunately, anger is the only emotion when one sees a promised world disappearing. When one sees that Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, more than the objectives of the Republic, have become appliques on fronts, and that no one considers them. . . . Sincerely? As much as burning these words displayed. As much as making them disappear from fronts, if they are not respected.
Anger is the only emotion that remains when one denounces for years the excesses of this government and this system (cistern) and it doesn’t care.
Between the meaning of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and its simple representation on a front, I choose the first.
Courage to all those who fight against fires and degradations, and courage to all those who, like me, from tomorrow will work to rebuild everything.
I’m talking about buildings, obviously.
And I’m talking about the Republic and its values, of course.
Related Off-site Link:
Flames Engulf 19th-century City Hall in Limoges, Central France, Amid Nationwide Protests – AP News (October 18, 2026).
See also the previous Wild Reed post:
• Understanding What’s Going On in France
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