Editing Notre-Dame de Paris (section)

===21st century===
[[File:NOTRE DAME DE PARIS May 2012.jpg|thumb|right|Notre-Dame in May 2012. From top to bottom, [[nave]] walls are pierced by [[clerestory]] windows, arches to [[triforium]], and arches to [[side aisle]]s.]]

The Requiem Mass of Cardinal [[Jean-Marie Lustiger]], former archbishop of Paris and Jewish convert to Catholicism, was held in Notre-Dame on 10 August 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nicolas Sarkozy assistera aux obsèques du cardinal Lustiger|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/info/infojour/reuters.asp?id=50441&1104|work=[[L'Express (France)|L'Express]]|date=9 August 2007|url-status=dead|language=fr|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215135528/http://www.lexpress.fr/info/infojour/reuters.asp?id=50441&1104|archive-date=15 February 2008}}</ref>

The set of four 19th-century bells at the top of the northern towers at Notre-Dame were melted down and recast into new bronze bells in 2013, to celebrate the building's 850th anniversary. They were designed to recreate the sound of the cathedral's original bells from the 17th century.<ref>{{cite news |last=de la Baume |first=Maia |date=19 October 2011 |title=A Melodic Emblem Falls Out of Tune |page=A6 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/world/europe/in-paris-bells-at-notre-dame-will-be-replaced.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=16 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416064006/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/world/europe/in-paris-bells-at-notre-dame-will-be-replaced.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2 February 2013 |title=New Notre Dame bells make harmonious history |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/02/new-notre-dame-bells/1885675/ |work=[[USA Today]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=16 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416064005/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/02/new-notre-dame-bells/1885675/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite the 1990s renovation, the cathedral had continued to show signs of deterioration that prompted the national government to propose a new renovation program in the late 2010s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Breeden |first=Aurelien |date=28 September 2017 |title=In Paris, Worn-Out Notre-Dame Needs a Makeover, and Hopes You Can Help |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/world/europe/paris-notre-dame-renovation.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=15 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415222641/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/world/europe/paris-notre-dame-renovation.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Walt |first=Vivienne |date=27 July 2017 |title=Notre Dame Cathedral Is Crumbling. Who Will Help Save It? |url=https://time.com/4876087/notre-dame-cathedral-is-crumbling/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504171340/http://time.com/4876087/notre-dame-cathedral-is-crumbling/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The entire renovation was estimated to cost €100&nbsp;million, which the archbishop of Paris planned to raise through funds from the national government and private donations.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sage |first=Adam |date=10 March 2018 |title=Paris's crumbling Notre-Dame looks to wealthy foreigners for salvation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pariss-crumbling-notre-dame-looks-to-wealthy-foreigners-for-salvation-gpsbkl0ls |work=The Times |access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=16 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416064005/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pariss-crumbling-notre-dame-looks-to-wealthy-foreigners-for-salvation-gpsbkl0ls |url-status=live }}</ref> A €6&nbsp;million renovation of the cathedral's flèche began in late 2018 and continued into the following year, requiring the temporary removal of copper statues on the roof and other decorative elements.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 April 2019 |title=Massive fire engulfs beloved Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris |url=https://www.apnews.com/73404d09773740f699d4b92933abec50 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=16 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416000315/https://apnews.com/73404d09773740f699d4b92933abec50 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=16 April 2019 |title=Notre-Dame cathedral: Macron pledges reconstruction after fire |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47943705 |work=BBC News |access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=16 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416050553/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47943705 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Notre-Dame began a year-long celebration of the 850th anniversary of the laying of the first building block for the cathedral on 12 December 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ca.rendezvousenfrance.com/en/events/paris-notre-dame-cathedral-celebrates-850-years |title=Paris's Notre Dame cathedral celebrates 850 years|publisher=GIE ATOUT FRANCE|access-date=7 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714213721/http://ca.rendezvousenfrance.com/en/events/paris-notre-dame-cathedral-celebrates-850-years|archive-date=14 July 2015}}</ref> On 21 May 2013, [[Dominique Venner]], a [[historian]] and white nationalist, placed a letter on the [[Church (building)|church]] [[altar]] and shot himself, dying instantly. Around 1,500 visitors were evacuated from the cathedral.<ref>{{cite web|last=Frémont|first=Anne-Laure|title=Un historien d'extrême droite se suicide à Notre-Dame|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2013/05/21/01016-20130521ARTFIG00477-un-homme-se-suicide-dans-notre-dame-de-paris.php|work=Le Figaro|date=21 May 2013|language=fr|access-date=21 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522025057/http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2013/05/21/01016-20130521ARTFIG00477-un-homme-se-suicide-dans-notre-dame-de-paris.php|archive-date=22 May 2013}}</ref>

French police arrested two people on 8 September 2016 after [[Notre-Dame de Paris bombing attempt|a car containing seven gas canisters filled with diesel fuel]] was found near Notre-Dame.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hinnnant|first1=Lori|last2=Sotto|first2=Philippe|title=Gas Containers Found Near Notre Dame|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-09-07/2-detained-after-gas-canisters-found-near-paris-notre-dame|work=[[U.S. News & World Report|U.S. News]]|date=7 September 2017|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-date=10 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910153018/http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-09-07/2-detained-after-gas-canisters-found-near-paris-notre-dame|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Notre-Dame plot: Five women in court over foiled car bomb attack|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49794927|accessdate=10 July 2020|publisher=BBC|date=23 September 2019|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111222637/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49794927|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 10 February 2017, French police arrested four people in [[Montpellier]] known to have ties to radical Islamist organisations on charges of plotting to travel to Paris and attack the cathedral.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McAuley|first1=James|title=After Louvre attack, France foils another terrorist plot|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/10/after-louvre-attack-france-foils-another-terrorist-plot/|access-date=14 February 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=10 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213012340/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/10/after-louvre-attack-france-foils-another-terrorist-plot/|archive-date=13 February 2017}}</ref> On 6 June, visitors were shut inside Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris after [[2017 Notre-Dame de Paris attack|a man with a hammer attacked a police officer outside]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Paris: Inside Notre-Dame during lockdown|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-40175391/paris-inside-notre-dame-during-lockdown|work=BBC News|access-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411235638/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-40175391/paris-inside-notre-dame-during-lockdown|archive-date=11 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Notre Dame, Paris: Hundreds put in terror lockdown|url=https://www.qt.com.au/news/notre-dame-paris-hundreds-put-terror-lockdown/3186662/|work=Queensland Time|access-date=15 April 2019|archive-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415224122/https://www.qt.com.au/news/notre-dame-paris-hundreds-put-terror-lockdown/3186662/|url-status=dead}}</ref>