Plans for an entrance fee at the Notre Dame Cathedral are causing debate in France, where Culture Minister Rachida Dati has proposed to start charging tourists €5 after the Paris landmark's reopening in December.

France should charge visitors a small fee to see the Notre-Dame cathedral to help the country keep its world-famous churches and cathedrals in shape, the culture minister said.

The countdown has begun for the reopening of NotreDame Cathedral throughout the weekend of Dec. 7-8. As the last pieces of scaffolding are being removed on the outside, Culture Minister Rachida Dati has proposed introducing an entrance fee to visit NotreDame,

The French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, has proposed the idea of charging tourists an entrance fee to visit Notre Dame Cathedral, with the funds being used for the maintenance of other religious buildings.

Should tourists pay to visit France’s Notre-Dame Cathedral? :: Paris, France:::: Erick Larraga, Mexican tourist "I think that they shouldn't charge for that. It's a principle, you know, it's a religious site and people should be free to go to religious sites free of charge.

French ministers have raised the idea of charging tourists to enter Paris' world-famous Notre-Dame cathedral when it opens in December after a five-year restoration, a proposal that drew a rebuke

France's culture minister, Rachida Dati, has proposed introducing an entrance fee to visit Notre Dame cathedral when it reopens in December, aiming to raise funds for the preservation of the

French ministers have raised the idea of charging tourists to enter Paris' world-famous Notre-Dame cathedral when it opens in December after a five-year restoration, a proposal that drew a rebuke from the city's diocese on Thursday.

The French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, wants to levy an entrance fee of five euros for tourists in order to fund restoration work of religious buildings. View on euronews