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© Stéphane Compoint
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The rooms of the Treasury, gathered in the sacristy of the chapter since the mid-nineteenth century. Their arrangements, made by Viollet le Duc, was renovated at the 850th anniversary of the cathedral. The rooms exhibit an impressive collection of ornaments, chalices, crosses, cameos representing the popes from St. Peter, and reliquaries (the original Treasury was looted during the Revolution). Here, the reliquary of St. Louis, directed in 1857 by goldsmith Chertier. It contains the relics of the saint: a linen tunic and chains penances.
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