PARIS – Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral has its historic bells silenced after The devastating fire of 2019soon it will echo again with fresh bells.

On Thursday, the Gothic landmark took delivery of three new bells, including one used at this year’s Stade de France stadium. Paris Olympic Games.

The Olympic bell, a gift from the Paris 2024 organizing committee, will be placed on the altar next to two smaller bells named Chiara and Carlos, where they will be rung during the service, officials said.

Their arrival before Notre Dame Reopens on December 8 It is a milestone in the meticulous restoration and modernization of the 861-year-old cathedral, which became famous worldwide with Victor Hugo’s work “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”.

Notre Dame rector Olivier Ribadeau Dumas expressed his gratitude for the arrival of the bells at the ceremony.

“What a joy this is,” he said. “These bells will ring at the most important moment of the Mass, just as when the winner of a competition celebrates his victory.”

Iconic during the Paris 2024 Games The Olympic bell was rung by every athletics winner.

It bears the sign “Paris 2024,” while the other two are adorned with a circular symbol that combines the image of Notre Dame’s iconic rosary window with the monstrosity, a religious vessel located at the center of the cathedral’s altar.

Produced by the famous Cornille Havard foundry in Villedieu-les-Poêles, Normandy, the bells represent France’s distinguished bell-making tradition.

At a solemn moment, Dumas celebrated the bells with holy water and a tree branch.

Standing in the square outside the cathedral, he and Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 organizing committee, struck the bells with a wooden mallet to mark the occasion.

“What a powerful symbol it is to see this second life given to the Paris 2024 bell, which brought us so many emotions during these Games,” Estanguet said.

The bells replaced three bells previously placed near Notre Dame’s 19th-century spire, which collapsed dramatically during the fire that tore through the cathedral’s beams and roof.

The new bells will be placed in a different location within the cathedral, and their return there will add to the soundscape of daily life at Notre Dame, officials said.

They agree The eight historic bells in the cathedral’s north tower were relocated in September after being cleaned and renewed.

These bells (Gabriel, Anne-Geneviève, Denis, Marcel, Étienne, Benoît-Joseph, Maurice and Jean-Marie) were first used for the 850th anniversary of Notre Dame in 2013.

Officials added that the cathedral’s two large bells in the south tower remained intact and were not affected by the fire.

More than 250 companies and hundreds of skilled craftsmen participated in the reconstruction of Notre Dame.

The Olympic bell is not the only symbol of old meeting new in Notre-Dame’s evolving restoration.

Perched atop the newly designed tower, a golden roosterRedesigned by chief architect Philippe Villeneuve, the cathedral blends the ancient spirit of the cathedral with a modern touch.

The weather vane, which resembles a phoenix with flames licking its wings, is described as a proof of hope and rebirth.