Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. RETURN OF THE CROWN OF THORNS TO THE CATHEDRAL. THE CROWN IS INSTALLED IN THE NEW RELIQUARY CASKET DESIGNED BY SYLVAIN DUBUISSON. THE HOLY CROWN IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST PRECIOUS AND THE MOST VENEREAL OF THE RELICS CONSERVED AT NOTRE DAME DE PARIS: IT IS THE BEARER OF MORE THAN SIXTEEN CENTURIES OF FERVENT PRAYER BY THE CHRETIENTE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

PARIS (75) - NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - AUTOMNE 2024 - 13 DECEMBRE : APRES PLUS DE CINQ ANNEES OU LA RELIQUE A TROUVE REFUGE AU MUSEE DU LOUVRE, RETOUR DE LA COURONNE D'EPINES DANS LA CATHEDRALE, ESCORTEE PAR LES CHEVALIERS DU SAINT-SEPULCRE. CEREMONIE ET INSTALLATION DANS LA NOUVELLE CHASSE RELIQUAIRE CREE PAR SYLVAIN DUBUISSON. LA SAINTE COURONNE EST, SANS DOUTE, LA PLUS PRECIEUSE ET LA PLUS VENEREE DES RELIQUES CONSERVEES A NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS : ELLE EST PORTEUSE DE PLUS DE SEIZE SIECLES DE PRIERE FERVENTE DE LA CHRETIENTE. ELLE EST CONSTITUEE D?UN CERCLE DE JONCS REUNIS EN FAISCEAUX ET RETENUS PAR DES FILS D?OR, D?UN DIAMETRE DE 21 CENTIMETRES, SUR LEQUEL SE TROUVAIENT LES EPINES. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. RETURN OF THE CROWN OF THORNS TO THE CATHEDRAL. THE CROWN IS INSTALLED IN THE NEW RELIQUARY CASKET DESIGNED BY SYLVAIN DUBUISSON. THE HOLY CROWN IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST PRECIOUS AND THE MOST VENEREAL OF THE RELICS CONSERVED AT NOTRE DAME DE PARIS: IT IS THE BEARER OF MORE THAN SIXTEEN CENTURIES OF FERVENT PRAYER BY THE CHRETIENTE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - AUTUMN 2024 - AFTER MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, THE CROWN OF THORNS RETURNS. THE CROWN IS INSTALLED IN THE NEW RELIQUARY CASKET DESIGNED BY SYLVAIN DUBUISSON. THE HOLY CROWN IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST PRECIOUS AND MOST VENEREAL OF THE RELICS CONSERVED AT NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS: IT BEARS WITNESS TO MORE THAN SIXTEEN CENTURIES OF FERVENT PRAYER BY THE CHRETIENTE. IT CONSISTS OF A CIRCLE OF RUSHES BUNDLED TOGETHER AND HELD TOGETHER BY GOLD THREADS, 21 CENTIMETRES IN DIAMETER, ON WHICH THE THORNS WERE PLACED. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Mass For The Public Notre-Dame Cathedral - Paris

First Mass For The Public Notre-Dame Cathedral - Paris

The Crown of Thorns and the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French artist Sylvain Dubuisson at the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, in Paris on December 8, 2024, after the consecration of the main altar and the first mass for the public. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

First Mass For The Public Notre-Dame Cathedral - Paris

First Mass For The Public Notre-Dame Cathedral - Paris

The Crown of Thorns and the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French artist Sylvain Dubuisson at the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, in Paris on December 8, 2024, after the consecration of the main altar and the first mass for the public. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

First Mass For The Public Notre-Dame Cathedral - Paris

First Mass For The Public Notre-Dame Cathedral - Paris

The Crown of Thorns and the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French artist Sylvain Dubuisson at the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, in Paris on December 8, 2024, after the consecration of the main altar and the first mass for the public. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron Visits Notre-Dame Cathedral One Week Before Its Reopening - Paris

President Macron Visits Notre-Dame Cathedral One Week Before Its Reopening - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron (3thL) and his wife Brigitet Macron (L) look at the Crown of thorns and the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French Artist Sylvain Dubuisson during a visit at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, on November 29, 2024.. The Notre-Dame Cathedral is set to re-open early December 2024, with a planned weekend of ceremonies on December 7 and 8, 2024, five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were mobilised for the five-year restoration costing hundreds of millions of euros. Photo by Stephane De Sakutin/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

President Macron Visits Notre-Dame Cathedral One Week Before Its Reopening - Paris

President Macron Visits Notre-Dame Cathedral One Week Before Its Reopening - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) looks at the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French Artist Sylvain Dubuisson during a visit at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, on November 29, 2024. The Notre-Dame Cathedral is set to re-open early December 2024, with a planned weekend of ceremonies on December 7 and 8, 2024, five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were mobilised for the five-year restoration costing hundreds of millions of euros. Photo by Stephane De Sakutin/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

President Macron Visits Notre-Dame Cathedral One Week Before Its Reopening - Paris

President Macron Visits Notre-Dame Cathedral One Week Before Its Reopening - Paris

This photograph shows the Crown of thorns inside the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French Artist Sylvain Dubuisson during a visit of France's President at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, on November 29, 2024. The Notre-Dame Cathedral is set to re-open early December 2024, with a planned weekend of ceremonies on December 7 and 8, 2024, five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were mobilised for the five-year restoration costing hundreds of millions of euros. Photo by Stephane De Sakutin/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

President Macron Visits Notre-Dame Cathedral One Week Before Its Reopening - Paris

President Macron Visits Notre-Dame Cathedral One Week Before Its Reopening - Paris

This photograph shows the Crown of thorns inside the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French Artist Sylvain Dubuisson during a visit of France's President at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, on November 29, 2024. The Notre-Dame Cathedral is set to re-open early December 2024, with a planned weekend of ceremonies on December 7 and 8, 2024, five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were mobilised for the five-year restoration costing hundreds of millions of euros. Photo by Stephane De Sakutin/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION