With leaders from all over the world today Saturday (7.12.2024) the opening night will take place Our Lady of Parisfive and a half years after the devastating fire that nearly leveled its legendary cathedral of France.
With the weather forecast for a rainy night in Paris and the country in the middle of a political storm following the fall of the government, France is preparing to celebrate the vigil of the restored Notre Dame.
At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, there will be approx 40 heads of state and governments from around the world, including the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou. The guest star will be the winner of the recent American elections Donald Trumpwho announced a few days ago that he intends to give his “present”.
So Paris will be Donald Trump’s first international stop after his victory in the recent US elections. As it also happened ten years ago when the first city he visited outside the US after his victory in the elections was also then Paris, except that at that time he visited it after his inauguration. On the sidelines of the festivities, Donald Trump is expected to meet with the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyas well as with Emmanuel Macron, who will receive his guests this evening at the Elysee.
Donald Trump has already arrived in Paris. In fact, she will meet with Prince William. The heir to the British throne, who will attend the ceremony “on behalf of the United Kingdom”, “will meet with the First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, and with the President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump”, according to a related announcement.
Watch a live image of the preparations for the opening night:
The festive events will start at 20.00 Greek timein the forecourt, with the screening of a film that will describe exactly how the restoration of this church, which is considered a masterpiece of Gothic art and is at least 860 years old, took place, while a message from Pope Francis will also be read.
A poem by the French poet Louis Aragon will also be read by an actor from the Comédie Française. Immediately afterwards, Emmanuel Macron will take the floor, who will address a relatively short greeting and then there will be a “musical moment”.
Then the gates of Notre Dame, which have been hermetically closed for five years, will be reopened to welcome the approximately 2,000 guests to the religious ceremonies.
Around Notre Dame, it is estimated that around 40,000 people will gather under draconian security measures. Today’s festivities will close with a classical music concert, where internationally renowned virtuosos from many countries of the world will be present.
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