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Illustration - Sainte Chapelle - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) ILE DE LA CITE. THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE. SIX YEARS OF WORK AND 9.5 MILLION EUROS WERE INVESTED IN RESTORING THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS (COMPLETED IN 2014). THEY TELL THE STORY OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN OVER A THOUSAND HISTORIATED SCENES, IN THE STYLE OF A MONUMENTAL COMIC STRIP. BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY BY KING LOUIS IX (SAINT LOUIS) AS A RELIQUARY FOR CHRIST'S CROWN OF THORNS, THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE HOUSES THE MOST PRECIOUS RELICS OF CHRISTIANITY (INCLUDING THE CROWN OF THORNS). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Sainte Chapelle - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) ILE DE LA CITE. THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE. SIX YEARS OF WORK AND 9.5 MILLION EUROS WERE INVESTED IN RESTORING THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS (COMPLETED IN 2014). THEY TELL THE STORY OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN OVER A THOUSAND HISTORIATED SCENES, IN THE STYLE OF A MONUMENTAL COMIC STRIP. BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY BY KING LOUIS IX (SAINT LOUIS) AS A RELIQUARY FOR CHRIST'S CROWN OF THORNS, THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE HOUSES THE MOST PRECIOUS RELICS OF CHRISTIANITY (INCLUDING THE CROWN OF THORNS). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Sainte Chapelle - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) ILE DE LA CITE. THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE. SIX YEARS OF WORK AND 9.5 MILLION EUROS WERE INVESTED IN RESTORING THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS (COMPLETED IN 2014). THEY TELL THE STORY OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN OVER A THOUSAND HISTORIATED SCENES, IN THE STYLE OF A MONUMENTAL COMIC STRIP. BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY BY KING LOUIS IX (SAINT LOUIS) AS A RELIQUARY FOR CHRIST'S CROWN OF THORNS, THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE HOUSES THE MOST PRECIOUS RELICS OF CHRISTIANITY (INCLUDING THE CROWN OF THORNS). 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 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

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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

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. YVELYNES (78) SAINT REMY LES CHEVREUSE. ATELIERS SAINT-JACQUES FONDERIE COUBERTIN (AUTUMN 2024). PRESS PRESENTATION OF THE CROWN OF THORNS CHASE-RELIQUARY. PASCAL REMY (LEFT), DIRECTOR OF THE ATELIERS SAINT JACQUES AND GUILLAUME NORMAND (RIGHT), VICE-RECTOR OF THE CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. 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 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

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. PARIS (75) ILE DE LA CITE. THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE. SIX YEARS OF WORK AND 9.5 MILLION EUROS WERE INVESTED IN RESTORING THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS (COMPLETED IN 2014). THEY TELL THE STORY OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN OVER A THOUSAND HISTORIATED SCENES, IN THE STYLE OF A MONUMENTAL COMIC STRIP. BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY BY KING LOUIS IX (SAINT LOUIS) AS A RELIQUARY FOR CHRIST'S CROWN OF THORNS, THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE HOUSES THE MOST PRECIOUS RELICS OF CHRISTIANITY (INCLUDING THE CROWN OF THORNS). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Rome

Reliquary of the Holy Crib made in the 18th century on the orders of Pope Pius VI, preserved in the Crypt of the Nativity of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in the Esquiline district, on May 1, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Photo by Christophe Michel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Where Pope Francis Has Chosen to Be Buried

The Crypt of the Nativity with a crystal reliquary said to contain wood from the Holy Crib of the nativity of Jesus Christ in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (St Mary Major) in Rome, Italy on February 2025 where Pope Francis wants to be buried. Pope Francis said his tomb is ‘already prepared’ in the chapel Paolina of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Unlike the majority of popes who have been interred beneath St Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis has reportedly made arrangements to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome's Esquilino district. The basilica, one of the four major papal basilicas, has historically been the resting place of seven pope. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore - Rome

The Crypt of the Nativity with a crystal reliquary said to contain wood from the Holy Crib of the nativity of Jesus Christ in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (St Mary Major) in Rome, Italy on February 2025 where Pope Francis wants to be buried. Pope Francis said his tomb is ‘already prepared’ in the chapel Paolina of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Unlike the majority of popes who have been interred beneath St Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis has reportedly made arrangements to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome's Esquilino district. The basilica, one of the four major papal basilicas, has historically been the resting place of seven pope. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Basilique Saint-Maximin-Emile Illustration

A reliquary seen in the Basilica of Saint Mary Madeleine, the third tomb of Christendom containing the relics of Mary Magdalene, apostle of Christ in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France on februrary 02, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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

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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

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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

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

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and first lady Brigitte Macron (C) look at the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French Artist Sylvain Dubuissone during a visit of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, France, 29 November 2024. French President Macron is visiting the cathedral's construction site on 29 November, to thank the donors and people who worked to rebuild the monument after it was severely damaged in a fire that broke out on 15 April 2019. The Paris Cathedral will be officially inaugurated after nearly six years of renovation work on 07 December 2024. Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and first lady Brigitte Macron (L) pose by the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French Artist Sylvain Dubuissone during a visit of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, France, 29 November 2024. French President Macron is visiting the cathedral's construction site on 29 November, to thank the donors and people who worked to rebuild the monument after it was severely damaged in a fire that broke out on 15 April 2019. The Paris Cathedral will be officially inaugurated after nearly six years of renovation work on 07 December 2024. Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and first lady Brigitte Macron (C) look at the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French Artist Sylvain Dubuissone during a visit of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, France, 29 November 2024. French President Macron is visiting the cathedral's construction site on 29 November, to thank the donors and people who worked to rebuild the monument after it was severely damaged in a fire that broke out on 15 April 2019. The Paris Cathedral will be officially inaugurated after nearly six years of renovation work on 07 December 2024. Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and first lady Brigitte Macron (C) look at the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French Artist Sylvain Dubuissone during a visit of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, France, 29 November 2024. French President Macron is visiting the cathedral's construction site on 29 November, to thank the donors and people who worked to rebuild the monument after it was severely damaged in a fire that broke out on 15 April 2019. The Paris Cathedral will be officially inaugurated after nearly six years of renovation work on 07 December 2024. Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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

View of the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French Artist Sylvain Dubuissone during a visit of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, France, 29 November 2024. French President Macron is visiting the cathedral's construction site on 29 November, to thank the donors and people who worked to rebuild the monument after it was severely damaged in a fire that broke out on 15 April 2019. The Paris Cathedral will be officially inaugurated after nearly six years of renovation work on 07 December 2024. Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and first lady Brigitte Macron (C) look at the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French Artist Sylvain Dubuissone during a visit of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, France, 29 November 2024. French President Macron is visiting the cathedral's construction site on 29 November, to thank the donors and people who worked to rebuild the monument after it was severely damaged in a fire that broke out on 15 April 2019. The Paris Cathedral will be officially inaugurated after nearly six years of renovation work on 07 December 2024. Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and first lady Brigitte Macron (C) look at the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns designed by French Artist Sylvain Dubuissone during a visit of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, France, 29 November 2024. French President Macron is visiting the cathedral's construction site on 29 November, to thank the donors and people who worked to rebuild the monument after it was severely damaged in a fire that broke out on 15 April 2019. The Paris Cathedral will be officially inaugurated after nearly six years of renovation work on 07 December 2024. Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Relics of Pope Saint John Paul II at St Nicholas Church in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE- DECEMBER 6, 2023 - A reliquary contains the relics of Pope Saint John Paul II given to the Church of St Nicholas, the second oldest Catholic church standing in Kyiv, on Saint Nicholas Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Relics of Pope Saint John Paul II at St Nicholas Church in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE- DECEMBER 6, 2023 - Head of the parish of Saint Nicholas, Father Pavlo Vyshkovskyi holds a reliquary with the relics of Pope Saint John Paul II given to the Church of St Nicholas, the second oldest Catholic church standing in Kyiv, on Saint Nicholas Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.