In France, the bells of the Cathedral of Notre Dame rang for the first time after the fire

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For the first time since the fire in 2019, all bells rang in Notre Dame Cathedral. The cathedral will be opened on December 7 after a long restoration.

This is reported by The New York Times and France24.

The sounds of the eight bronze bells of the northern belfry rang out for 5 minutes. They started calling at 9:30 GMT (11:30 Kyiv time).

This is a beautiful, important and symbolic step, said Philip Yost, head of the public organization restoring Notre Dame.

Yesterday, each bell was checked separately, and today all eight rang in unison within five minutes. The heaviest bell “Gabriel” weighs more than four tons, and the lightest – “Jean-Marie” – 800 kilograms.

The bells of Notre Dame in Paris rang out together on Friday for the first time since a 2019 fire that devastated the historic cathedral, AFP reporters said.https://t.co/P7BQwDtrLZ pic.twitter.com/zvjTbnlvsP

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After hearing the bells, cathedral worker Guillaume Norman said: “We all felt strong emotions. Notre Dame is telling us: 'I'm here, waiting for you”.

There are 21 bells in Notre Dame Cathedral in total. Soon they will be joined by three new bells, including the one that rang during the Olympic Games in Paris.

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Let us remind you that the fire broke out in Notre Dame on April 15, 2019. Then the fire destroyed the roof and spire of the building, and the walls, icons and organ were covered with soot a section with 13-ton bells: if they fell, the walls of the cathedral could not withstand.

Donations were made from all over the world to restore Notre Dame, it was possible to collect almost a billion dollars – and now , after five years of reconstruction, it will soon be opened. The monument was restored by more than 250 companies and hundreds of experts.