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© Stéphane Compoint
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Paris (75) - Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris : Les salles du Tresor, rassemblees dans la sacristie du chapitre depuis le milieu du XIXe siecle. Leur amenagement, signe Viollet le Duc, a ete renove a l'occasion du 850eme anniversaire de la cathedrale. Les salles exposent une serie impressionnante collection d'ornements, de calices, de croix, de camees representant les papes depuis St Pierre, et de reliquaires (le Tresor original fut pille a la Revolution). Ici, le second reliquaire de la Sainte Couronne d'Epines, a ete offert a Notre Dame par Napoleon III, dessine par Viollet le Duc et realise en 1862 par Placide Poussielgue-Rusand. Viollet le Duc a repris la forme en couronne, avec fleur de lys, du reliquaire medieval disparu. La couronne, protegee par un tube de cristal, pouvait ainsi etre vue. Aujourd'hui, la relique de la Passion est presentee dans un coffret transparent a l'entree de la chapelle axiale. // France - Paris (75) - Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris : 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 second reliquary of the Holy Crown of Thorns, which been offered at Notre Dame by Napoleon III, designed by Viollet le Duc and made in 1862 by Placide Poussielgue-Rusand. Viollet le Duc has imitated the crown shape with fleur de lys of the lost medieval reliquary. Thus the crown, protected by a crystal tube, could be seen. Today, the relics of the Passion is presented in a transparent box at the entrance of the axial chapel.
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