The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has always been one of the world's most important architectural and cultural landmarks. In December 2024, the cathedral reopened its doors to visitors, restoring its former grandeur after the tragic fire of 2019.

Five years after it was nearly destroyed in a devastating fire, Notre Dame de Paris formally reopened on Saturday with a two-hour ceremony inside the famed cathedral’s gleaming, newly renovated interior.

The solemn reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral put Paris in the center of the Catholic world on the evening of Dec. 7 as the archbishop of France's capital struck the magnificent door with his pastoral staff,