Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL. 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 FIRST RELIQUARY OF THE HOLY CROWN OF THORNS, WITH GILDED COPPER AND GOLD GROUND, WAS MADE IN 1806 BY GOLDSMITH CHARLES CAHIER. THE WORLD GLOBE IS SURMOUNTED BY A CROSS, SUPPORTED BY THREE ANGELS. THE CROWN WAS SEALED IN THE CRYSTAL, INSERTED INTO THE BASE. TODAY, THE BASE CONTAINS A PIECE OF THE TRUE CROSS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Vaclav Cesak, statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Vaclav Cesak, statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Czech sculptor Vaclav Cesak poses with one of three statuettes of St John of Nepomuk, right, on February 8, 2020, in Novy Smolivec, Czech Republic. Unusual contemporary reliquaries shaped as statuettes of St John of Nepomuk will be taken to several churches in the USA by representatives of his native town of Nepomuk in the spring. The delegation will take the reliquaries to the churches dedicated to the Saint in New York, Chicago and St. Louis. The statuettes will contain soil from Nepomuk and also from Prague, where the Catholic Church martyr and one of the saint patrons of Bohemia lived and died in the 14th century. In 2021, 300 years will elapse since the beatification of John of Nepomuk by Pope Innocent XIII. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

Vaclav Cesak, statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Vaclav Cesak, statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Czech sculptor Vaclav Cesak poses with one of three statuettes of St John of Nepomuk, center, on February 8, 2020, in Novy Smolivec, Czech Republic. Unusual contemporary reliquaries shaped as statuettes of St John of Nepomuk will be taken to several churches in the USA by representatives of his native town of Nepomuk in the spring. The delegation will take the reliquaries to the churches dedicated to the Saint in New York, Chicago and St. Louis. The statuettes will contain soil from Nepomuk and also from Prague, where the Catholic Church martyr and one of the saint patrons of Bohemia lived and died in the 14th century. In 2021, 300 years will elapse since the beatification of John of Nepomuk by Pope Innocent XIII. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

Vaclav Cesak, statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Vaclav Cesak, statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Czech sculptor Vaclav Cesak poses with one of three statuettes of St John of Nepomuk, down center, on February 8, 2020, in Novy Smolivec, Czech Republic. Unusual contemporary reliquaries shaped as statuettes of St John of Nepomuk will be taken to several churches in the USA by representatives of his native town of Nepomuk in the spring. The delegation will take the reliquaries to the churches dedicated to the Saint in New York, Chicago and St. Louis. The statuettes will contain soil from Nepomuk and also from Prague, where the Catholic Church martyr and one of the saint patrons of Bohemia lived and died in the 14th century. In 2021, 300 years will elapse since the beatification of John of Nepomuk by Pope Innocent XIII. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

Vaclav Cesak, statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Vaclav Cesak, statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Czech sculptor Vaclav Cesak poses with one of three statuettes of St John of Nepomuk, right, on February 8, 2020, in Novy Smolivec, Czech Republic. Unusual contemporary reliquaries shaped as statuettes of St John of Nepomuk will be taken to several churches in the USA by representatives of his native town of Nepomuk in the spring. The delegation will take the reliquaries to the churches dedicated to the Saint in New York, Chicago and St. Louis. The statuettes will contain soil from Nepomuk and also from Prague, where the Catholic Church martyr and one of the saint patrons of Bohemia lived and died in the 14th century. In 2021, 300 years will elapse since the beatification of John of Nepomuk by Pope Innocent XIII. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

statuette of St John of Nepomuk

statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Some parts of three statuettes of St John of Nepomuk by Czech sculptor Vaclav Cesak are seen on February 8, 2020, in Novy Smolivec, Czech Republic. Unusual contemporary reliquaries shaped as statuettes of St John of Nepomuk will be taken to several churches in the USA by representatives of his native town of Nepomuk in the spring. The delegation will take the reliquaries to the churches dedicated to the Saint in New York, Chicago and St. Louis. The statuettes will contain soil from Nepomuk and also from Prague, where the Catholic Church martyr and one of the saint patrons of Bohemia lived and died in the 14th century. In 2021, 300 years will elapse since the beatification of John of Nepomuk by Pope Innocent XIII. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

Vaclav Cesak, statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Vaclav Cesak, statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Czech sculptor Vaclav Cesak poses with one of three statuettes of St John of Nepomuk, right, on February 8, 2020, in Novy Smolivec, Czech Republic. Unusual contemporary reliquaries shaped as statuettes of St John of Nepomuk will be taken to several churches in the USA by representatives of his native town of Nepomuk in the spring. The delegation will take the reliquaries to the churches dedicated to the Saint in New York, Chicago and St. Louis. The statuettes will contain soil from Nepomuk and also from Prague, where the Catholic Church martyr and one of the saint patrons of Bohemia lived and died in the 14th century. In 2021, 300 years will elapse since the beatification of John of Nepomuk by Pope Innocent XIII. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

statuette of St John of Nepomuk

statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Some parts of three statuettes of St John of Nepomuk by Czech sculptor Vaclav Cesak are seen on February 8, 2020, in Novy Smolivec, Czech Republic. Unusual contemporary reliquaries shaped as statuettes of St John of Nepomuk will be taken to several churches in the USA by representatives of his native town of Nepomuk in the spring. The delegation will take the reliquaries to the churches dedicated to the Saint in New York, Chicago and St. Louis. The statuettes will contain soil from Nepomuk and also from Prague, where the Catholic Church martyr and one of the saint patrons of Bohemia lived and died in the 14th century. In 2021, 300 years will elapse since the beatification of John of Nepomuk by Pope Innocent XIII. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

Vaclav Cesak, statuette of St John of Nepomuk

Vaclav Cesak, statuette of St John of Nepomuk

An one of three statuettes of St John of Nepomuk by Czech sculptor Vaclav Cesak is seen on February 8, 2020, in Novy Smolivec, Czech Republic. Unusual contemporary reliquaries shaped as statuettes of St John of Nepomuk will be taken to several churches in the USA by representatives of his native town of Nepomuk in the spring. The delegation will take the reliquaries to the churches dedicated to the Saint in New York, Chicago and St. Louis. The statuettes will contain soil from Nepomuk and also from Prague, where the Catholic Church martyr and one of the saint patrons of Bohemia lived and died in the 14th century. In 2021, 300 years will elapse since the beatification of John of Nepomuk by Pope Innocent XIII. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)