The sound of the eight bells rang throughout the city for the first time in five years, a sign of the cathedral’s rebirth as it prepares to reopen to the public next month.
The bronze bells of the Notre-Dame Cathedral have not pealed together since 2019, when a furious blaze consumed the centuries-old landmark right before the eyes of horrified Parisians.A bell is seen before its installation in Notre-Dame cathedral, ahead of the monument’s grandiose reopening following a massive fire and five-year reconstruction effort.
“It’s not perfect yet, but we will make it perfect,” Alexandre Gougeon, who was in charge of the reinstallation of the bells, told Agence France-Presse. “This first test was a success.” Investigators have still not determined the cause of the fire that ravaged the cathedral in April 2019, though leading theories include an electrical short-circuit and a discarded cigarette. Thousands of Parisians watched aghast from the banks of the Seine as firefighters battled to contain the flames, which destroyed much of the cathedral’s roof and toppled its spire, but ultimately spared the cathedral’s main structure.
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