The bells of Notre Dame rang out today on the 60th anniversary of General Charles de Gaulle’s emotional march from the Arc de Triomphe to the cathedral in the city’s heart, closing a week of ceremonies to mark Paris’s liberation from the Nazis.

Paris turned back the clock today for a grand fete to remember the tears, the joy and the euphoria that heralded the liberation of the French capital 60 years ago as it threw off the shackles of Nazi occupation.

The tears, the joy and the euphoria that ushered in the liberation of Paris 60 years ago today are on the agenda of a grandiose fete meant to help Parisians relive the day they threw off the shackles of Nazi occupation.