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Notre-Dame cathedral towers reopen for first time in six years

France's President Emmanuel Macron looks out over Paris during a visit to Notre-Dame to celebrate the reopening of the cathedral's towers on 19 September 2025. © AFP - LUDOVIC MARIN

From Saturday, visitors can once again climb more than 400 steps to the top of the towers of Notre-Dame de Paris, which have been fully restored after the fire that ravaged the cathedral in 2019. With visitor numbers limited, tickets for the opening weekend sold out in less than half an hour.

While the body of Notre-Dame cathedral reopened to the public in December 2024, the iconic twin towers of Notre-Dame cathedral have been closed since the devastating fire of 15 April 2019.

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