Notre Dame reopens after five years of restoration following the devastating 2019 fire. Macron, Trump, and Zelenskyy, attended the grand ceremony.
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00:00For Catholics, going to Mass on a Sunday is not unusual, but on December the 8th, for
00:06the first time since April 2019, a service was held inside Notre Dame, and the main altar
00:14was formally consecrated.
00:16On Saturday, a lavish ceremony was held to celebrate the reopening, with a light show
00:20outside the building, and a concert taking place inside, with orchestral pieces and Christian
00:26hymns.
00:27Later, President Emmanuel Macron started the reopening ceremony with a set-piece speech.
00:34We chose the surge to rebuild, the will, the course of hope.
00:38We decided to rebuild Notre Dame even more beautiful in five years.
00:43The surge, the will, and to make this possible an unprecedented fraternity, fraternity of
00:49those who have given on all continents, of all religions, of all fortunes, united by
00:56hope and gathered within these walls.
00:59Notre Dame is a world-famous monument, and world leaders attended the event, including
01:04the US President-elect Donald Trump and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
01:13Sunday marks the day that the public are able to go inside Notre Dame for the first time
01:17in five and a half years.
01:19And with up to 40,000 people expected every day in the weeks ahead, places are limited
01:25and have to be booked online.
01:27Demand has been very high to go in and be among the first people to see inside the Gothic
01:32landmark now that it's open.
01:34Ross Cullen, CGTN, Paris.