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The great organ – built in the 18th Century – was unaffected by either heat or water on the night of the fire.

The models streamed down the steps on either side of the hall’s great organ, before setting on a path that had been cut through the standing crowd.

Over 100 firefighters working together were able to get the fire under control but said the church's great organ, revered as the “soul of the cathedral” by worshippers, sustained massive damages.

“The damage is concentrated on the great organ which appears to be completely destroyed. The platform on which it is located is very unstable and risks collapsing,“ Gen. Laurent Ferlay, head of the firefighters in the Loire Atlantique area, said during a press briefing in front of the cathedral.

The city has a long musical legacy; Bach wrote some of his best works here, so treat yourself to his great organ works, as performed in Leipzig’s St. Thomas Church.