Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris is ready to welcome ‘the whole world’ after five years of work and millions in donations. These are the plans for the grand reopening.

Precious ornaments, including a 14th-century statue of the Virgin Mary, are being returned to Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral as the church prepares to reopen after it was devastated by a fire in 2019. Here’s how the iconic cathedral has been restored since the blaze.

A procession of hundreds of people holding candles walked through the streets of Paris to bring a famed statue of the Virgin Mary and child back to Notre-Dame Cathedral on Friday, five years after it was moved to a nearby church after a devastating fire.

More than five years since a catastrophic fire destroyed large parts of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, the bells of the historic church have rung once more.

The bells of Notre Dame tolled in Paris on Friday for the first time since the 2019 fire that threatened to destroy the Parisian landmark. At the time of the fire, French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to rebuild the iconic, 861-year-old structure within five years.

A series of events will count down to the iconic Parisian cathedral’s reopening five years after a devastating fire.

Five years after the devastating fire at Notre Dame in Paris, the cathedral will reopen in less than a month. During the restoration, many artifacts were discovered in the cathedral. NBC News' Kelly Cobiella reports.

In early December, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris will reopen after five years of reconstruction. During the first week after reopening, it will be accessible to the faithful and tourists until late evening.