Macron visits Notre Dame reconstruction site

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte toured the Notre Dame reconstruction site on Friday, a day ahead of the fourth anniversary of the devastating fire that tore through the site. The reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedralis going fast enough to allow its reopening to visitors and faithful at the end of 2024, less than six years after a fire ravaged its roof, French officials announced last month.

The reconstruction itself started last year, after more than two years of work to make the monument stable and secure enough for artisans to start rebuilding it.Authorities have made the choice to rebuild the 12th century monument, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture, the way it was before.That includes recreating the 93-meter-high spire, added in the 19th century by architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc.