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Archbishop Laurent Ulrich struck the main portal of the cathedral three times with his shepherd’s crook. When the door opened, Psalm 121 resounded from inside from 85 children’s throats: Notre-Dame de Paris has risen, the cathedral is open again! A good five and a half years after the devastating roof fire that shocked the world, Ulrich handed over the completely renovated Gothic basilica to the faithful and other visitors – before the fire there had been twelve million every year.
