Notre-Dame, the iconic French landmark that caught fire five years ago, hosted its first wedding in 30 years when a carpenter who helped rebuild the cathedral married his fiancée beneath its newly restored Gothic vaults.

Martin Lorentz, 29, a craftsman who spent three years reconstructing the cathedral’s medieval wooden framework, exchanged vows with his now-wife, Jade, on Oct. 25 inside the historic Paris monument — the first marriage there since 1995.

News of the wedding was reported by the National Catholic Register and France 24 TV.

The ceremony was approved as a one-time exception by Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris, who granted special permission in honor of the workers who helped resurrect the 12th-century masterpiece.

Weddings at Notre-Dame are exceedingly rare because the

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