The world gets its first glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years under wraps

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4. The centuries of grim have been removed....

https://www.cnn.com/style/live-news/macron-notre-dame-paris-reopening-11-29-24-intl/index.html


From inside Notre Dame, CNN’s Senior International Correspondent Melissa Bell saw the finished labors of the cathedral for the first time.

“As you walk in, what hits you is just how light and bright it is,” Bell said.

“You realize that before the fire, many centuries of worship and passage and life had meant that it was very dark. There was something really somber when you came inside. That has been completely transformed,” she said.

“It isn’t so much they’ve restored it to its glory of five years ago, but that they’ve restored it to its glory of many centuries ago.”

“It’s incredibly beautiful but it almost feels like a different cathedral,” Bell added. “You can see it for the first time.”