By Ruth Whitehead PUBLISHED: 14:36 EST, 15 September 2012 | UPDATED: 15:09 EST, 15 September 2012 Dutch courage: workers at the foundry in Holland pour in the molten metal to create Notre Dame's new bell Emmanuel has been tolled to mark the end of the First and Second Wars, the liberation of the city in 1944, and major state occasions, as well as ringing on the hour. It was also rung on September 11, 2001 after the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York. Much loved: once sacked by revolutionaries, Notre Dame is a favourite with tourists and its bells mark some of the most solem moments of recent history including Paris' liberation and 9/11
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New bell cast yesterday in Dutch town of Asten for France's most famous cathedral
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Bell will be called Marie and chime next to 330-year-old Emmanuel in the cathedral's south tower
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Marie is largest of nine new bells
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Many original bells were melted down during French revolution
Restoration: bishops survey the work in progress two centuries after revolutionaries took over @placeholder cathedral