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COCORICO 25th anniversay — Notre-Dame de Paris, Notre-Dame de France Revival

The Comité de Coordination Région Île-de-France invites you to take part in the 25th anniversary of COCORICO – Renaissance of Notre-Dame de Paris, Notre-Dame de France, on September 13, 2025.

The program includes a gathering of brotherhoods at Notre Dame, a solemn mass, a lunch on a riverboat on the Seine, a welcome and a visit to the Paris Wine Museum.

And the next day, September 14, there was a change of program, replacing the visit to Yerres with that of the International Village of Gastronomy on the quays at the foot of the Eiffel Tower: a large table of brotherhoods with tasting of products from the Ile de France, a buffet, musical entertainment…

Click here for the updated program and registration form

Click here for the updated program and registration form

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