Il April 15, 2019 and fire he devastated the cathedral Of Our Lady, symbol of Paris and Western culture. Since then, the church has been closed for i jobs of restoration, lasted longer 5 years. The reopening is scheduled for Saturday 7 December, but on Friday 8 November they returned to play bells. The last Italian to enter the cathedral was the president Sergio Mattarella, among other things the first international leader to visit Notre Dame – on May 2, 2019 – after the fire.
The bells ring again at Notre Dame
One of the three bells was donated by Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (CIO) of Paris 2024.
It’s the same one that was there last summer Stade from France.
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The three bells ring again at Notre Dame: in the centre, the one donated by the IOC
The reopening ceremony
December 7th, the day of the reopening, will be one inaugural ceremony: in addition to the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, there will be “very great artists of international scope”, he announced Philippe Jost (responsible for restoration) a RTL. Over 3 thousand people are expected.
The first solemn mass will be held on 8 December, 2064 days after the fire.
Money donated from all over the world for the restoration
For the restoration of Notre Dame, donations had arrived from all over the world 844 million euros.
Sergio Mattarella is the last Italian to visit the cathedral since 2019
The last Italian to visit the cathedral was the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, on the occasion of the visit to France for the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo Da Vinci.
That 2 maggio 2019moreover, had been the first international leader to enter Notre Dame after the fire.
The Head of State had declared: “I am here to testify to the friendship between Italy and France”, underlining how much Notre Dame reflects “much of the history and civilization of Europe“.
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Source: notizie.virgilio.it
