You'll have to wait until April 2025 to find available seats, especially for the organ recital on Tuesday, April 1. Other sacred music concerts at Notre-Dame can be booked for May, June, July and August 2025. Tickets cost a minimum of 25 euros, and should be purchased well in advance.

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris hosted its first Christmas mass since it was reopened. Five and a half years after a catastrophic fire nearly destroyed the historic landmark, Notre Dame celebrating Christmas.

Thousands of worshippers are expected to celebrate Christmas Day masses at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris as part of the celebrations hailing its restoration just over five years after fire nearly destroyed the 12th century monument.

Dame cathedral will reopen, five years after a fire the storied medieval landmark will reopen its doors once again.

Of course, Paris is a major tourist destination year-round, and Notre Dame is among its most popular attractions. Don’t expect to get the place to yourself no matter when you visit; the cathedral has a capacity of 2,500 people at a time.

After a fire shuttered the beloved Gothic landmark for five years, visitor demand is expected to be high now that the doors have reopened; here’s how to plan your visit and what to expect.

The crown — a circular band of branches encased in a gilded golden tube — was brought back to its historic home in a ceremony presided over by the archbishop of Paris and attended by knights and dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher.

My greatest joy is to see people happy because they have a cathedral again,” said Notre Dame Rector Monsignor Olivier Ribadeau Dumas.

Notre Dame burned 5 1/2 years ago. Biden signs 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve Perfect Chocolate Mousse Recipe Texas football mascot Bevo barred from sidelines of upcoming CFP game, organizers say The 5 most stolen cars in the US—and the 5 least stolen—according to data American Airlines Outage: Planes Grounded Across U.