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PORTUGAL. PORTO. PORTO CATHEDRAL (SE). THE OLD SACRISTY, FRESCOES AND LITURGICAL FURNITURE Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 20 : SOUTHWESTERN AMBULATORY. ON THE RIGHT, THE TOMB OF FABIO CHIGI, POPE ALEXANDER VII, DIRECTED BY BERNINI. CONSIDERED ONE OF THE LARGEST TOMBS OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD, IT OCCUPIES A DELICATE POSITION, BEING LOCATED IN A NICHE ABOVE A DOOR IN A SMALL SACRISTY, BUT BERNINI USED THE DOOR IN A SYMBOLIC WAY. POPE ALEXANDER KNEELS ON HIS TOMB, FACING OUTWARD. THE TOMB IS SET ON A LARGE SHROUD DRAPED IN PATTERNED RED MARBLE AND IS SUPPORTED BY FOUR FEMALE STATUES, OF WHICH ONLY THE TWO LOCATED AT THE FRONT ARE FULLY VISIBLE. THEY REPRESENT CHARITY AND TRUTH. THE FOOT OF TRUTH RESTS ON A GLOBE OF THE WORLD, ITS TOE BEING SYMBOLICALLY PIERCED BY THE THORN OF PROTESTANT ENGLAND. THE STATUE OF THE WINGED SKELETON OF DEATH, COMES OU Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF THE BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 13 : IN THE SOUTH SIDE GALLERY OF THE NAVE, A STATUE OF CHRIST SURMOUNTING ACCESS TO THE SACRISTY OF ST. PETER. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) SUMMER 2012. EXCLUSIVE REPORT FROM THE HEART OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL. THE TRESOR ROOMS, HOUSED IN THE CHAPTER SACRISTY SINCE THE MID-19TH CENTURY. DESIGNED BY VIOLLET LE DUC, THEY WERE RENOVATED TO MARK THE 850TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CATHEDRAL. HERE, THE CAMEO COLLECTION. THESE FIGURES OF THE 268 POPES WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED EACH OTHER, FROM SAINT PETER TO PIUS IX, WERE SCULPTED ON CORAL BY THE ENGRAVERS OF TORRE DEL GRECO (NEAR NAPLES), WHO SPECIALISE IN THIS TYPE OF WORK. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) SUMMER 2012. EXCLUSIVE REPORT FROM THE HEART OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL IN PARIS. THE TRESOR ROOMS, HOUSED IN THE CHAPTER SACRISTY SINCE THE MID-19TH CENTURY. DESIGNED BY VIOLLET LE DUC, THEY WERE RENOVATED TO MARK THE 850TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CATHEDRAL. HERE, THE RELIQUARY OF SAINT LOUIS, DESIGNED BY VIOLLET LE DUC AND MADE IN 1857 BY THE GOLDSMITH CHERTIER. IT CONTAINS THE SAINT'S RELICS: A LINEN TUNIC AND CHAINS OF PENANCE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL. THE SACRISTY, BUILT BY VIOLLET-LE-DUC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. PARTS THAT COMPOSE IT ARE INACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. HERE, THE MASSES SACRISTY, WHERE THE CUSHION ON WHICH STAYS THE RESTS THE HOLY CROWN OF THORNS AND THE NAIL OF THE PASSION (SEE PHOTOS 172-174), WHEN THE VENERATION OF RELICS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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