Notre Dame Cathedral has 10 bells. The bourdon, which is tuned to F sharp, dates from the 15th Century and was recast in 1681 upon the request of King Louis XIV, who named it the "Emmanuel" bell.

President Emmanuel Macron quickly set an ambitious goal to rebuild Notre-Dame within five years and ... The heaviest bell, called Gabriel, weighs more than 4 tonnes, and the lightest, Jean-Marie ...

On Friday, the cathedral itself will play the lead role as France’s President Emmanuel ... Notre Dame after the liberation of Paris in 1944, a tightrope walker balancing between the two bell ...