France is to invite architects from around the world to submit their designs for a new spire to sit atop a renovated Notre-Dame cathedral.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told reporters they hoped for “a new spire that is adapted to the techniques and the challenges of our era”.
The spire of the 850-year-old building was completely destroyed in the blaze.
Meanwhile, cathedral bells across France rang out in solidarity with Notre-Dame on Wednesday.
They sounded at 16:50 GMT to mark the exact moment when the blaze started on Monday.
The entire cathedral was only minutes away from total destruction, officials have said.
However, much of the Parisian building – including its famed towers – survived, and thoughts have now turned to how to reconstruct what has been lost.
