Notre-Dame: Macron praises 'impossible' restoration efforts

French President Emmanuel Macron visits the rescued, renovated and refurbished cathedral in what is a breathtaking visual treat.

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On Friday the world had a first look inside a resplendent new Notre-Dame as Macron conducted a televised tour to mark the cathedral's imminent re-opening.

Five-and-a-half years after the devastating fire, Paris's Gothic jewel has been rescued, renovated and refurbished - and it will offer visitors a breathtaking visual treat.

In a speech to the craftsmen and women who worked on the refurbishment, Macron said: "The blaze at Notre-Dame was a national wound, and you have been its remedy through will, through work, through commitment."

"I am so deeply grateful, France is so deeply grateful," the president said during his speech, adding: "you have brought Notre-Dame back".

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