Notre Dame will be closed for up to 6 years

Bishop Patrick Chauvet acknowledged that the famed monument would close down for "five to six years" as he spoke with local business owners Wednesday.

The damaged interior of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. (Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via The New York Times)

Notre Dame’s rector says he will close the burned-out Paris cathedral for up to six years. Bishop Patrick Chauvet acknowledged that the famed monument would close down for “five to six years” as he spoke with local business owners Wednesday, two days after a blaze torched the roof of the cathedral and brought down its spire.