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[Regnum] Work on installing eight bells restored after the 2019 fire has been completed at Notre Dame de Paris. This was announced on October 5 by French Culture Minister Rachida Dati, BFMTV reports.
"Another important and symbolic step forward, 64 days until the opening! The faithful and the people of Paris will once again be able to hear the ringing of the bells from the top of the towers of our Parisian cathedral," the Minister of Culture wrote.
Each bell has its own name, all of them are named after important people in the history of the cathedral. The largest and heaviest bell, Gabriel, weighs 4.1 tons, the lightest is named Jean-Marie, weighing 782 kg. The bells were cleaned of lead dust that settled on them when the roof of the cathedral burned, and also restored at a foundry in Normandy.
Earlier, Regnum News Agency reported that French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on developing modern stained glass windows for Notre Dame Cathedral (Notre Dame de Paris), despite the fact that the National Heritage and Architecture Committee issued a negative opinion on this issue in July. We are talking about stained glass windows that were not damaged during the 2019 fire and are formally protected cultural heritage sites. The proposal to replace some of the stained glass windows with modern ones has caused sharp criticism in France.
On May 25, a 12-meter-tall metal cross was installed on the roof of the cathedral, which was damaged in a fire in April 2019. The structure was restored by craftsmen in Normandy, Le Parisien reported. In December 2023, the metal rooster, which contains Christian relics, was returned to the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral.
In April 2019, a fire broke out in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which lasted for more than 15 hours. As a result, the spire, clock, and original 12th-century roof collapsed. The restoration work was estimated at approximately 1 billion euros.
French leader Emmanuel Macron said Notre Dame Cathedral, which was restored after a fire, would reopen to visitors on December 8.
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