Video shows restoration of Notre-Dame interior
is formally reopening its doors Saturday, more than five years after a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old Gothic wonder at the center of the City of Lights.
The organ, which dates back to the 1730s, survived the fire, but its 8,000 pipes each needed to be removed and cleaned, and the process to tune it back to the cathedral’s acoustics took about six months.French PM Michel Barnier to resign as country plunges deeper into political crisisThe organ awakening will be followed by a hymn, along with a psalm, the canticle “Magnificat,” followed by prayers for the world and “The Lord’s Prayer.
The first Mass celebrated since the fire will be held on Sunday morning, with around 3,000 invited guests in attendance.As a show of unity, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops encouraged churches across the nation to peal their bells at 2 p.m. Worldwide reaction was swift — nearly $1 billion was pledged in donations large and small to rebuild the cathedral in the days after the fire. About $62 million was donated by Americans to the restoration fund, according to the Friends of Notre Dame de Paris, which countedfrom that pool remains for future repairs at the landmark, which took nearly 200 years to construct and was built in stages between the 12th and 14th centuries.
The famed rose windows also remained intact, as did the cathedral’s bells, which rang out across the city for the first time last month in anticipation of the reopening.
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