Here's how you could own a piece of the original Notre Dame Cathedral

FILE-This photograph shows the outside of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on December 8, 2024. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images) Original stones from the Notre Dame Cathedral are being raffled off. People who are interested in getting one of the artifacts must be 18 years old.

The Notre Dame Cathedral reopened in Dec. 2024 after a massive fire damaged the historical structure. If you’re interested in owning a piece of history, the Notre Dame Cathedral is offering the opportunity to do so.



The Notre Dame de Paris will raffle 50 original stones from the cathedral’s historic building as part of a fundraising effort to support the reconstruction of endangered religious sites in France. The stones suffered damage in the Notre Dame cathedral fire in 2019 and were repurposed and engraved with an image of Notre Dame’s building as fundraising artifacts. What you can do: Anyone planning to take part in the Notre Dame de Paris raffle, you have to be 18 years old and donate a minimum of $43 to the Fondation du Patrimoine’s website by April 4, 2025, according to designboom.

com . RELATED: Notre Dame Cathedral revealed: 1st look at restoration ahead reopening Winners will be randomly chosen and announced on April 15, which marks six years since the Notre Dame Cathedral was damaged in a fire. The backstory: The Notre Dame Cathedral reopened to the public on Dec.

8, 2024, after a massive fire on April 15, 2019. A fire swept across the top of the Notre Dame Cathedral while the historic landmark was under renovation when the spire collapsed. RELATED: Notre Dame cathedral to reopen in 1 year after devastating fire in 2019 The blaze started after the cathedral had closed to the public and spread to one of its towers but a collection of art and holy objects inside the church were safely recovered.

When the fire was finally extinguished, the wooden spire collapsed, and most of the wooden roof and walls were seriously damaged. The Source: Information for this story was provided by Design Boom, previous LIVENOW from FOX reporting, and the Associated Press. This story was reported from Washington, D.

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