Notre Dame Cathedral registers 1 Crore 25 Lakh visitors yearly.

Five years after a fire destroyed the famed Parisian Cathedral of Notre Dame, its doors opened for pilgrims and visitors to once again marvel at its French Gothic architecture. Now, six months since the reopening on December 7, 2024, a total of 6,015,000 people have gone through the Cathedral’s doors, as of June 30, 2025.

On July 6, the cathedral authorities have reaffirmed that, on an average, 35,000 people visit the Cathedral of Notre Dame every day. If the numbers continue on this path, attendance could reach 12 million (01 Crore 25 Lakhs per Indian Count) by the end of 2025, which means it would knock the Eiffel Tower out of the top spot for most visited monuments in France. This figure would also exceed the pre-fire numbers when 11 million people visited the Cathedral each year.

However, the restoration job is far from complete. Prior to the fire, restoration was scheduled for the chevet, the flying buttresses, and the Viollet-le-Duc’s sacristy. Plans for new stained-glass windows to be installed are set for 2026 and the Cathedral’s forecourt, green spaces, and front walkway are all slated for renovation, which will be finished in 2027.

The Central attraction of this Gothic architecture is the “Point Zero” marker on the forecourt of the Cathedral, which serves as a reference for calculating distances to other French cities.

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