The reopening ceremony lasted around two hours, after which President-elect Donald Trump and the other high-profile guests, including tech billionaire Elon Musk, first lady Jill Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky all departed. 

Fifty heads of state and government have been invited to attend a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, according to CNN, at the Élysée Palace. Trump is expected to attend and mingle with the other foreign leaders. He is also expected to have a “private pull aside” with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

The ceremony was led by Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich and featured a choir performance, the sounding of Notre Dame’s grand organ — France’s largest instrument — and remarks from Macron.

Macron said: “The cathedral became a beautiful metaphor for what a nation is, and what the world should be.”

President-elect Donald Trump joined French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in a meeting Saturday prior to the reopening of Paris's historic Notre Dame Cathedral. 

It will reopen more than five years after its roof and spire were destroyed by a fire on April 15, 2019. The restoration is estimated to have cost about $740 million. 

Dozens of world leaders and heads of state will be among the guests, including Trump, First Lady Jill Biden and Zelensky. 

The first stone of this medieval Gothic masterpiece, Notre-Dame de Paris (Our Lady of Paris), was laid in 1163. It took nearly a century to complete it, and it saw major restoration and additions in the 17th and 18th centuries, according to Reuters.

It has been one of the most beloved and popular monuments in Paris, famous for its stained-glass windows and carved stone gargoyles. It was the setting for Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel, “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.” 

The celebration is set to begin at 7 p.m. local time (1 p.m. EST) with a documentary on the reconstruction followed by live classical music. The religious ceremony is set to end at 9 p.m. local time followed by a concert. The first Mass will take place Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

Trump arrived in Paris Saturday morning, where he is scheduled to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. This follows a week of political turmoil in France  in which their Parliament voted to remove Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a motion of no confidence, the first time their government has collapsed in a no-confidence vote since the 1960s.