Listen to the Bells of Notre-Dame Ring Once Again - Fully Restored 2025
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame has 20 bells in total, including two massive “bourdons” – the largest weighing 13 tonnes – producing the lowest notes that hang in the south tower, which are rung for major Church events such as Easter, Christmas or the death or election of a Pope.
Teams repairing damage from the April 15, 2019 blaze had to remove the bells – from the largest, “Gabriel,” to the smallest, “Jean-Marie” – from Notre-Dame’s north tower last July to complete their work.
Heavyweight “Gabriel” weighs more than 4.1 tonnes, while the lightest, “Jean-Marie,” clocks in at a dainty 782 kilograms (1,724 pounds).
The bells themselves have been cleaned of lead dust thrown off by the church’s burning roof and restored at the foundry that first cast them in Normandy in northern France before their delivery by truck back to Paris.
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This is a 30 sec. timelapse video with audio of the bells