 The local Revolutionary Committee decided to destroy the cathedral via explosives and asked a local architect to find the best place to set the explosions.He saved the building by pointing out that the vast amount of rubble from the demolished building would so clog the streets it would take years to clear away.The cathedral, like Notre Dame de Paris and other major cathedrals, became the property of the French State and worship was halted until the time of Napoleon, but it was not further damaged.