Inside the cathedral, images the day after the blaze revealed that a giant gold cross on the altar was still standing amid the still smouldering wreckage, a symbol of hope and defiance.
The restoration cost a total of nearly 700 million euros (more than $750 million at today's rate) was financed from the 846 million euros in donations that poured in from 150 countries in an unprecede ...
Its 80-tonne wooden base, resting on stone arches 30 metres above the heart of the cathedral, is due to be completed on Saturday -- four years to the day since the fire that shocked the world.