Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Notre

Notre-Dame sees record number of visitors, one year on from reopening

On 8 December, 2024, Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral reopened its doors after five years of restoration work, following a devastating fire in April 2019. Since then, visitor numbers have reached a record high – making Notre-Dame the most visited monument in France in 2025.

Radio France Internationale

Preserving the sound of history: how scientists safeguarded Notre-Dame’s acoustics

During the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral, a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research) and Sorbonne University collaborated closely with the restoration team to preserve and safeguard its renowned acoustics.

Radio France Internationale

Tourists return to post-Olympic Paris for winter holiday

International visitors are back to Paris during the winter holiday season, driven by the Olympics Games this summer and the recent reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral.

Radio France Internationale

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

World leaders gather for reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron thanks all who ‘saved, helped, rebuilt’ beloved cathedral after devastating 2019 fire.

Al Jazeera

Scientists build a virtual twin of Notre-Dame to help restore its glory

As part of the effort to restore Notre-Dame, a team of scientists and engineers created a virtual twin of the famous Paris landmark.

Radio France Internationale

Notre-Dame reborn: the epic quest that saved France's sacred heart

As France's most famous cathedral prepares to reopen, the story of its resurrection spans the devastating 2019 fire that nearly destroyed nine centuries of history, the meticulous restoration efforts, and the controversies that shaped its transformation into a modern masterpiece.

Radio France Internationale

Notre-Dame reopening backed by $62m from American donors

Americans have shown their "great affection" for Paris's Notre-Dame cathedral by contributing $62 million (€58 million) to its restoration following the devastating fire in 2019, according to the organisation Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris. The beloved monument is due to reopen with a series of events on 7 and 8…

Radio France Internationale

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Macron to preside over Notre-Dame's reopening five years after blaze

French President Emmanuel Macron will play a central role in the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral on 7 December – five years after a fire devastated the iconic landmark. In line with France’s church-state separation, Macron will deliver a speech from the forecourt.

Radio France Internationale

France mulls charging tourists to enter Notre-Dame cathedral

French ministers have suggested charging tourists to enter Paris’s iconic Notre-Dame cathedral when it reopens in December after a five-year restoration. The proposal has drawn mixed reactions from both Parisians and visitors.

Radio France Internationale

Five years after fire, Paris’s Notre-Dame on track for December reopening

Exactly five years after being ravaged by fire, the first stage of restoration work on the historic Notre-Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris has been completed and the cathedral is due to open December 8, said the chairman of the public body overseeing its reconstruction.

France 24

Japan's PM to meet President Macron, visit Notre-Dame cathedral

French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are due to visit the construction site of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris this Monday.

Radio France Internationale

The Notre-Dame fire has inspired a new disaster movie, and it speaks directly to France’s soul

More than three years after fire engulfed one of the most iconic works of architecture in France, a new film explores what happened on that fateful day. But while there were elements of the reaction to the fire that were melodramatic, writes Elise Bell, much of it was deeply understandable

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.