The ceremony also represented the first opportunity to witness the result of the estimated €700 million ($739 million) restoration ... reconstructed using oak trees from across France.

Just beneath these oak beams the stone vaulted ceiling was ... littering the central nave with rubble and debris. The historic restoration over the last five years has seen the reconstruction ...

which forms a sleek backdrop to solid oak chairs and revamped stained-glass windows. Though not visible in the images, another major part of the restoration that has been completed is the wooden ...