Notre Dame suffered a devastating fire in April 2019. (Pierre Suu/Getty Images) At the time of the blaze, Trump encouraged France to use "flying water tankers" to put out a raging fire.

After a 2019 fire, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, will reopen in December. The president of Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris spoke to Fox News Digital about the restoration.

Millions watched on television in horror on April 15, 2019, as plumes of fire shot up from the Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the world’s oldest and most celebrated cathedrals.

Five years after it was nearly destroyed in a devastating fire, Notre Dame de Paris formally reopened on Saturday with a two-hour ceremony inside the famed cathedral’s gleaming, newly renovated ...

Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the world. Every year, over 14 million tourists visit it, not counting those who simply admire it from the streets of Paris.

Three new bells, including the bell used during the Paris Olympic Games, set to be placed into the Notre-Dame cathedral, in Paris, on Nov. 7, 2024. Thomas Samson / AFP - Getty Images ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greets Prince William, Prince of Wales during the ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris Cathedral on December 07, 2024 in Paris, France.

A fire has engulfed the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one of the city's most iconic sights. The fire began at 6:50 p.m. local time Monday, the Paris fire department said, and continued to burn ...

Michel Picaud remembers the first gift he received from an American donor. It was in the spring of 2017, and the 71-year-old retired engineer had been tasked to run the Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris.

Three new bells, including the bell used during the Paris Olympic Games, set to be placed into the Notre-Dame cathedral, in Paris, on Nov. 7, 2024. Thomas Samson / AFP - Getty Images ...

Five years after it was nearly destroyed in a devastating fire, Notre Dame de Paris formally reopened on Saturday with a two-hour ceremony inside the famed cathedral’s gleaming, newly renovated ...