On Sunday, after a fire that many feared would destroy it, and a swift renovation that defied all predictions, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame reopened to the public.

Michael Kimmelman, the chief architecture critic at The Times, tells the story of the miracle on the Seine.

Guest: Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic of The New York Times and the founder and editor-at-large of Headway.

Background reading: 

• Critic’s Notebook: Notre-Dame’s astonishing rebirth from the ashes.
• The rebuilding took about 250 companies, 2,000 workers, about $900 million, a tight deadline and a lot of national pride.
• See photos from the reopening.

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