Five years after the fire, Notre-Dame will reopen its doors to the public: a look back at the crazy figures of an extraordinary construction site!

Today, it is clear that the bet has paid off. If some, a bit nitpicky, will say that the 5-year deadline has been exceeded – when the reopening scheduled for December 8, we will be at 5 years, 7 months and 23 days -, the feat remains remarkable.

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This Friday, the French president also underlined it during the inauguration of the renovated Notre-Dame: “The blaze of Notre-Dame was a national wound and you were its remedy through will, through work, through commitment, he addressed to the attention of the workers who worked to renovate Notre-Dame. You have achieved what we thought impossible.

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An inauguration which marks the (almost) end of a titanic project, of which here are the crazy figures

846

The day after the fire, an appeal for donations was launched to rebuild Notre-Dame. A call heard: 830 million euros were offered by 340,000 donors from 150 different countries. €700 million have already been invested in the work. The remaining 130 million will be used to finalize the project.

Notre-Dame de Paris, renovated, was inaugurated this Friday in the presence of Emmanuel Macron.

2064

If the construction work will continue for a few more months – almost invisible to the public – Notre-Dame will once again be accessible to visitors from December 8. Or after 2,064 days of closure.

2.000

In total, 250 companies and 2,000 workers (architects, engineers, stonecutters, workers, etc.) were mobilized during this construction site of the century.

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his wife Brigitte Macron (2nd-L), accompanied by President of the French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his wife Brigitte Macron (2nd-L), accompanied by President of the
400 century-old trees had to be cut down to rebuild the Forest, named after the frame of Notre-Dame. ©AFP or licensors

1.300

The reconstruction of Notre-Dame required the creation of 1,300 m3 of stones, the vast majority of which had to be cut by hand.

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450

Before starting to rebuild, it was necessary to decontaminate. In particular the 450 tonnes of molten lead which were scattered over an area of ​​40,000 m2.

8.000

The monumental organ of Notre-Dame de Paris had to be completely dismantled and cleaned. In total, it has 8,000 pipes

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374

According to expert estimates, the total weight of the new framework, rebuilt in accordance with medieval techniques, would weigh nearly 374 tonnes.

©PHOTOPQR/LE PARISIEN/Delphine Goldsztejn; Paris ; 04/12/2023; Notre-Dame de Paris finds its spire and its controversy over lead Paris senator Anne Souyris and associations are calling for the “suspension of the construction site” before the cathedral is covered with more than 400 tons of lead. Four and a half years after the fire of April 15, 2019 and a year before the reopening of the cathedral, scheduled for December 8, 2024, we can once again see the arrow in the Parisian sky at the top of the scaffolding. Paris 04/12/2023 Photo: Delphine Goldsztejn The new spire of Notre-Dame is being revealed on the roof of the cathedral in Paris on December 4, 2023. *** Local Caption ***©PHOTOPQR/LE PARISIEN/Delphine Goldsztejn; Paris ; 04/12/2023; Notre-Dame de Paris finds its spire and its controversy over lead Paris senator Anne Souyris and associations are calling for the “suspension of the construction site” before the cathedral is covered with more than 400 tons of lead. Four and a half years after the fire of April 15, 2019 and a year before the reopening of the cathedral, scheduled for December 8, 2024, we can once again see the arrow in the Parisian sky at the top of the scaffolding. Paris 04/12/2023 Photo: Delphine Goldsztejn The new spire of Notre-Dame is being revealed on the roof of the cathedral in Paris on December 4, 2023. *** Local Caption ***
The scaffolding erected for the reconstruction of Notre-Dame weighed more than 600 tons alone.

400

In total, 400 century-old trees had to be cut down to recreate the framework destroyed by the flames and which is nicknamed “the Forest”

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This is in meters the height of the spire reconstructed identically to the original designed by Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century. Its summit rises 96 meters from the ground.

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It is estimated that 15 million people per year will visit the reopened Notre-Dame de Paris. Before the fire, this figure was 12 million.

10.000

This is the roof area in m2 that had to be renovated. That’s the equivalent of two football fields.

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2.000

This is the surface area of ​​stained glass windows that had to be restored after the fire.

7.000

The restoration of the vault of the transept crossing required the installation of nearly 7,000 voussoirs, i.e. stones previously cut in the workshop.

48

For the installation of the new spire, a 600-ton scaffolding with 48 levels had to be erected.

1.000

Anchored 30 meters from the ground, above the transept crossing, the spire is a structural masterpiece made up of around 1000 pieces of wood.

1500

In total, 1,500 new chairs were built for Notre-Dame. They were all blessed.

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