French President Emmanuel Macron has praised the more than 1,000 craftspeople who helped with “the project of the century” of rebuilding Paris ’ Notre-Dame Cathedral after it was gutted by a devastating fire.

One week before the official reopening, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the construction site at the Notre-Dame Cathedral for a final time. The shock of the reopening will be as great as that of the fire which destroyed the world-famous church,

Five years after a catastrophic fire reduced Notre Dame Cathedral to a smoldering shell, the Associated Press entered the Gothic masterpiece for a first glimpse of its fully restored interiors during a visit with French President Emmanuel Macron that was broadcast to the public.