 In 2019, the Notre Dame Cathedral burned. The restoration effort is almost complete. ABC's James Longman has more. With the Summer Games just 18 days away, the millions expected to visit Paris will see Notre Dame at last starting to emerge from five painstaking years of restoration. The refurbishment of this 800-year-old symbol of French history and culture is now nearly 90% complete, showing off gleaming new stone, freshly laid tiles, and revamped paintwork.