Notre Dame Cathedral prepares to reopen 03:45. But on Friday, the gaping holes torn into the vaulted ceilings and the charred piles of debris were long gone, filled in with new stonework.

Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel “Notre-Dame de Paris,” known to many as “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame,” not only immortalized the cathedral’s story, but inspired a major restoration of the site.

Notre Dame Cathedral’s limestone walls look brand new, cleaned not only of dust from the devastating 2019 fire but also of grime that had accumulated for centuries.

PARIS (AP) — After more than five years of frenetic, but sometimes interrupted, reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral ...

After a thorough restoration, workers are returning the 150-year-old copper statues to the top of Notre-Dame Cathedral.

After more than five years of frenetic, but sometimes interrupted, reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed itself anew to the world Friday, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good ...

The nave of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral is seen while French President Emmanuel Macron visits the restored cathedral, Nov. 29, 2024, in Paris. It's a sneak peek ahead of the reopening ...

Notre Dame Cathedral showed its new self to the world, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new stonework erasing somber memories of its devastating fire in 2019. Skip to content ...

After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral has showed its new self to the world Friday. The public is allowed back in on Dec. 8 ...

The nave of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral is seen while French President Emmanuel Macron visits the restored cathedral, Nov. 29, 2024, in Paris. It's a sneak peek ahead of the reopening ...

PARIS (AP) — After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed its new self to the world Friday, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new ...