PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, whose historic bells were silenced after The devastating fire of 2019soon it will ring again with fresh bells.

On Thursday, the Gothic landmark received three new bells, including one that was used in the city’s Stade de France stadium earlier this year. The Olympic Games in Paris.

The Olympic bell, a gift from the Paris 2024 organizing committee, will be installed alongside two smaller bells, named Chiara and Carlos, above the altar where hundreds will stand during the Mass, officials said.

Their arrival before Notre Dame reopening on December 8 marks a milestone in the painstaking restoration and modernization of the 861-year-old cathedral, made famous worldwide by Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Olivier Ribadeau Dumas, Chancellor of Notre Dame, expressed his gratitude for the arrival of the bells during a ceremony.

“What a joy it is,” he said. “At the most important moment of the Mass, these bells will ring, as they did when the winner of a competition could celebrate his victory.”

During the Paris 2024 Games, the iconic The Olympic bell was rung by every athletics winner.

It is branded “Paris 2024”, while the other two are emblazoned with a round symbol that combines the iconic image of the Notre Dame rosary window with an ostensy, a religious vessel at the center of the cathedral’s altar.

Manufactured by the renowned Cornille Havard foundry in Villedieu-les-Poêles, Normandy, the bells embody France’s distinguished bell-making tradition.

In a solemn moment, Dumas consecrated the bells with holy water and a tree branch.

Standing in the square outside the cathedral, he and Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris 2024 organizing committee, struck the bells with a wooden mallet to mark the occasion.

“What a powerful symbol it is to see this second life given to the Paris 2024 bell, which has brought us so much emotion during these Games,” said Estanguet.

The bells replace three that were previously positioned near Notre Dame’s 19th-century tower, which collapsed dramatically during the fire that ripped through the cathedral’s rafters and roof.

The new bells will be placed in a different location within the cathedral, officials said, where their return will add to the soundscape of Notre Dame’s daily life.

They join the eight historic bells in the north tower of the cathedral which were reinstalled in September after it was cleaned and renovated.

Those bells – Gabriel, Anne-Geneviève, Denis, Marcel, Étienne, Benoît-Joseph, Maurice and Jean-Marie – were originally cast in 2013 for the 850th anniversary of Notre Dame.

The cathedral’s two larger bells remain intact on the south tower and were not affected by the fire, officials added.

The reconstruction of Notre Dame involved more than 250 companies and hundreds of skilled craftsmen.

The Olympic bell is not the only symbol of old meeting new in Notre-Dame’s evolving restoration.

Perched atop the newly designed tower, a golden coconutreimagined by chief architect Philippe Villeneuve, it marks a blend of the cathedral’s ancient spirit with a modern twist.

The weathervane, which resembles a phoenix with flames licking its wings, is depicted as a testament to hope and rebirth.