Macron to visit Notre Dame Cathedral before reopening after 2019 fire
French president to give ‘republican and secular’ speech outside monument days before it reopens to public
As firefighters doused the embers of the blaze that threatened to destroy Notre Dame Cathedral on 16 April 2019, Emmanuel Macron promised the church would be restored “more beautiful than ever” within five years.
In two weeks, the French president will visit the monument that has been returned to its former glory with the help of millions in donations and hundreds of specialist artisans using age-old skills.
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