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

After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral is going to unveil its new self to the world, a watershed in the rebirth from its devastating fire in 2019

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.

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,