The French president's visit, which will be broadcast live, is preceding the iconic monument's reopening on the weekend of December 7-8.

Macron visits Notre Dame as cathedral prepares to open five years after devastating fire The bells of Notre Dame are chiming again, but scaffolding still clinging to the cathedral's exterior is puzzling some Parisians,

French President Emmanuel Macron will visit the renovated Notre-Dame cathedral ahead of its Dec. 7 reopening, marking the end of a five-and-a-half-year restoration after a devastating fire

Today, the world will get its first glimpse of the newly restored Notre-Dame as French President Emmanuel Macron leads a televised tour to mark the

After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral is going to unveil its new self to the world on Friday, a watershed in the rebirth from its devastating fire in 2019. The occasion is French President Emmanuel Macron's final visit to the construction site to see the restored interiors for himself before the iconic monument's reopening for worship on Dec.

French President Emmanuel Macron will visit renovation works at Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral on Friday ahead of its reopening on Dec. 7, five and a half years after a devastating fire destroyed its roof and spire and caused major damage throughout.