After a meticulous restoration by Normandy ironworkers following the Notre-Dame de Paris fire in 2019, the 1.5-ton cross has been reinstalled.

The Notre Dame Cathedral has been gradually rebuilt over the past five years following a fire in April 2019. Challenges included delays during the pandemic and the loss of the project’s leader.

As the 13-ton Emmanuel bell rang out across Paris, Macron began his address. "Tonight the bells of Notre Dame ring again," he said, calling them "the bells that have accompanied our history".

April 15th, 2019: the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, a beacon of Gothic architecture, is hit by a devastating fire. Spectators in France and abroad watched aghast as the forest of oak beams and ...

Now Paris’ soaring medieval landmark is ready to serve as a symbol of the French capital. A huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019.

This combination photo shows, from top left, clockwise, the scaffolding around the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral spire being removed from Jan. 24, 2024 to March 6, 2024.

PARIS -- With the summer Olympic games just days away, the millions of people expected to visit Paris will see Notre Dame Cathedral begin to emerge at last, following five painstaking years of ...

Michel Picaud remembers the first gift he received from an American donor. It was in the spring of 2017, and the 71-year-old retired engineer had been tasked to run the Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris.

The cross at the apse of Notre-Dame de Paris, which survived the devastating 2019 fire, has been reinstalled atop the cathedral’s framework after a meticulous restoration by artistic ironworkers ...

The cross at the apse of Notre-Dame de Paris, which survived the devastating 2019 fire, was reinstalled atop the cathedral's framework Friday after a meticulous restoration by artistic ironworkers ...

Notre Dame de Paris cathedral’s Croix du Chevet is lifted before its reinstallation, Friday, May 24, 2024, in Paris. The Croix du Chevet is the only piece of the cathedral roof that did not burn ...