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Five years after devastating fire, race to rebuild Notre-Dame gains pace

Major repair work continues at Notre Dame de Paris, pictured here on 9 March 2024. © RFI/Melissa Chemam

Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral, ravaged by a fire in April 2019, is on track to reopen on schedule and under budget by December 2024, five years later, the head of the reconstruction has said.

"We are meeting deadlines and budget," Philippe Jost, who heads the public body overseeing the project, told a French Senate committee last week.

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