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.

Following an enormous, expensive restoration effort after the devastating 2019 fire, the Paris cathedral has reopened to the world, at once recognizably itself and possessed of a startling new vibrancy.

The reopening ceremonies for Notre Dame were as much a celebration of people as they were a rejoicing of the cathedral’s resurrection from fire.

Dame cathedral will reopen, five years after a fire the storied medieval landmark will reopen its doors once again.

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

Paris’ Notre Dame has officially reopened its doors after suffering a devastating fire five years ago, and is ready to welcome visitors. The famed cathedral opened on Dec. 7 to much fanfare after being closed since it caught fire in 2019 for extensive renovation work.

Paris’s fully restored Notre-Dame Cathedral held its first mass since it was largely destroyed in an inferno in 2019. The iconic landmark was reopened to the public on Saturday with much pomp and fanfare.