Notre-Dame cathedral to regain spire this year and reopen end-2024

This file photo taken in 1986 shows the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. France's ministry of Culture announced that the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, ravaged by a blaze in 2019, will be rebuilt by end of 2023, and will be reopened after the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Photo: AFP

Notre-Dame Cathedral's spire will be back in place by the end of the year, but a full reopening following the devastating fire of 2019 will not happen before next year's Paris Olympic Games.

The reconstruction is still on track for completion by the end of 2024, said the French culture ministry.