Notre Dame reopens with spectacular ceremony in Paris [Video]

Notre Dame Cathedral has reopened after reconstruction work following the devastating fire in 2019.

Heads of state from around the world attended the formal reopening of the French monument.

The Archbishop of Paris knocked three times on the grand wooden doors of the cathedral to mark the start of the ceremony.

There was a public show of gratitude for the hundreds of firefighters who managed to save the cathedral from being completely destroyed in the 2019 blaze.

The French president gave a speech, saying, “We have rediscovered what great nations can do: achieve the impossible.”

“We decided to rebuild Notre-Dame de Paris even more beautiful in five years. And to make this possible, an unprecedented fraternity: a fraternity of those who have given on all continents, of all religions, of all fortunes. United by hope and gathered within these walls,” said President Macron.

Dignitaries from across the globe attended the …