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Tourists will enter Notre Dame only with advance registration

The period, which is called the opening of the cathedral, will last 6 months, until the day of the Holy Trinity

Dec 7, 2024 13:53 399

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Entrance to Notre Dame Cathedral will be available to all once it opens to the public, but pre-registration will be required to get inside.

„The cathedral will be open to all, but through a free reservation system for visits every half an hour, so that there are no three-hour queues,” said the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, in an interview with Agence France-Presse.

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According to him, Notre Dame will "operate in opening mode" six months. “The period that is called the opening of the cathedral will actually last six months, until the day of the Holy Trinity,”, noted Ulrik. - It is planned to hold three masses every day, as well as to organize pilgrimages from the parishes of Paris and the capital region and all of France. After June 8, 2025 everything will be back to normal.“

The opening ceremony of Notre Dame Cathedral will take place on December 7 with the participation of around 40 heads of state and government, more than five years after a massive fire destroyed the roof and part of the interior. After all official events, the cathedral will be open to the public.

French President Emmanuel Macron ordered the restoration of the cathedral within 5 years. In May 2024 he announced that Notre Dame would open its doors to visitors in early December. During the first week after the restoration, the cathedral will work until late in the evening. At the same time, the full completion of restoration work in the cathedral is planned for 2029-2030. The total cost of the restoration of the main church of Paris is roughly estimated at 850 million. EUR.

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