A year on from the inferno that gutted Notre-Dame, the cathedral's great bell will ring out this evening, as a mark of the building's resilience and that of the medics battling the coronavirus in France.
The bourdon bell has sounded just once since 15 April 2019, when the blaze broke out that consumed the spire and the roof and, officials say, came within half an hour of burning the 850-year-old cathedral to the ground.
It will toll at 8pm local time (6pm Irish time), coinciding with the hour when Parisians applaud from their windows and balconies in tribute to the frontline staff risking their lives to treat Covid-19 patients.