FILE – The baptistery designed by French artist and designer Guillaume Bardet is pictured as French President Emmanuel Macron visits the restored interiors of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 in Paris. (Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via AP, File)

Notre-Dame Cathedral finally reopened during a ceremony on Monday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Paris, France, after five years of restoration following the devastating fire in 2019 that severely damaged the

Nearly 200 years before a catastrophic fire gutted the Paris landmark, Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame helped turn the tide of public opinion and save the cathedral.