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© Stéphane Compoint
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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 cross Palatine, central part of the Treasury since 1828. This reliquary cross of Anne de Gonzague, Princess Palatine, was made by the goldsmith Famechon in 1827 to replace the original, designed by Charles Le Brun in 1680, but there remains only the central cross. This originates from the Greek Empire of Trebizond. This reliquary is the setting for a piece of the Cross and one of the nails of the Passion.
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