Overview

• Public and worship access resumes with ceremonies honoring restoration artisans and firefighters, performances on the parvis, and an evening "réveil" of the organ.
• Culture Minister Rachida Dati, Bishop Laurent Percerou and Nantes Mayor Johanna Rolland are scheduled to address the reopening program.
• The reopening remains limited as scaffolding and tarps cover the western massif, where major works continue and the west façade stays concealed.
• The €32 million project is led by the regional cultural affairs directorate and has included depollution and repairs to the south transept and the choir.
• Archaeological excavations revealed foundations of a former nave and several burials, and Emmanuel Abayisenga’s 2023 arson conviction stands as he faces separate assize proceedings over a 2021 killing.