PHOTOS: Notre Dame reopens 5 years after devastating fire
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France Notre Dame Pedestrians take snapshots of Notre Dame Cathedral a day before its ceremonial reopening in Paris on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, following the devastating fire of 2019. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (Bernat Armangue/AP)
France Notre Dame Reopening People gather near France's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, hours before formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (Bernat Armangue/AP)
France Notre Dame Reopening Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, center, talks with European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde, right, (inside Notre Dame Cathedral before France's iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019, Saturday Dec.7, 2024 in Paris ( Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP) (Ludovic Marin/AP)
France Notre Dame Reopening Clergy and guests gather inside Notre Dame Cathedral before France's iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019, Saturday Dec.7, 2024 in Paris ( Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP) (Ludovic Marin/AP)
France Notre Dame Reopening Clergy gather inside Notre Dame Cathedral before France's iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019, Saturday Dec.7, 2024 in Paris ( Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP) (Ludovic Marin/AP)
France Notre Dame Reopening From the left, Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso and his wife Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, Ashley Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Brigitte Macron, US President-elect Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron stand in Notre Dame Cathedral as France's iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019, Saturday Dec.7, 2024 in Paris ( Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP) (Ludovic Marin/AP)
France Notre Dame Reopening French President Emmanuel Macron, left, speaks in Notre Dame Cathedral as France's iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019, Saturday Dec.7, 2024 in Paris ( Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP) (Ludovic Marin/AP)
France Notre Dame Reopening French President Emmanuel Macron his wife Brigitte and Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo, left, stand outside France's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in Paris during it's formal reopening. (Christophe Petit-Tesson, Pool via AP) (Christophe Petit-Tesson/AP)
France Notre Dame Reopening Guests stand as as Church Banners are paraded in Notre Dame Cathedral as France's iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019, Saturday Dec.7, 2024 in Paris ( Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP) (Ludovic Marin/AP)
France Notre Dame Reopening Paris' archbishop Laurent Ulrich knocks on the doors of France's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in Paris during it's formal reopening since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019. (Teresa Suarez, Pool via AP) (Teresa Suarez/AP)
France Notre Dame Reopening Guest attend the service in Notre Dame Cathedral as France's iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool) (Thibault Camus/AP)
France Notre Dame Reopening A view of the Great Organ and the Western Rose window before the inaugural Mass, with the consecration of the high altar, at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, as part of ceremonies to mark the Cathedral's reopening after its restoration, in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool Photo via AP) (Sarah Meyssonnier/AP)
France Notre Dame Mass Clergy arrives to attend an inaugural Mass, with the consecration of the high altar, at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, as part of ceremonies to mark the Cathedral's reopening after its restoration, in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool Photo via AP) (Sarah Meyssonnier/AP)
France Notre Dame Mass Priests and clergy arrive to attend an inaugural Mass, with the consecration of the high altar, at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, as part of ceremonies to mark the Cathedral's reopening after its restoration, in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool Photo via AP) (Sarah Meyssonnier/AP)
APTOPIX France Notre Dame Mass Guest watch clergy members leaving the inaugural mass at Notre Dame Cathedral, hosting its first Mass since the catastrophic fire of 2019,, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool) (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)
France Notre Dame Mass Clergymen leave Notre Dame Cathedral after the inaugural mass at Notre Dame Cathedral, hosting its first Mass since the catastrophic fire of 2019,, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 in Paris. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP) (Christophe Petit Tesson/AP)
France Notre Dame Mass Archbishop Laurent Ulrich spreads holy oil on the altar during an inaugural Mass, with the consecration of the high altar, at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, as part of ceremonies to mark the Cathedral's reopening after its restoration, in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool Photo via AP) (Sarah Meyssonnier/AP)
France Notre Dame Mass Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, center, blesses the altar during an inaugural Mass, with the consecration of the high altar, at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, as part of ceremonies to mark the Cathedral's reopening after its restoration, in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool Photo via AP) (Sarah Meyssonnier/AP)
France Notre Dame Mass Archbishop Laurent Ulrich leads the Eucharist surrounded by clergy members after the consecration of the altar during the inaugural Mass to mark the Cathedral's reopening after its restoration, in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool Photo via AP) (Sarah Meyssonnier/AP)
France Notre Dame Mass Front row from center right, French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife Brigitte Macron, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, attend an inaugural Mass, with the consecration of the high altar, at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, as part of ceremonies to mark the Cathedral's reopening after its restoration, in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool Photo via AP) (Sarah Meyssonnier/AP)
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