Flash guided tours - Discovering the Treasury of Lyon Cathedral

Name: Visites guidées flash - A la découverte du Trésor de la cathédrale de Lyon
Start: 2023-09-16T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Cathédrale Saint-Jean et son Trésor

From 10am on Saturday and from 2.30pm on Sunday, as well as depending on the attendance, flash tours (about 30 minutes) will be organized on specific themes, such as the history of ...

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

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From 10am on Saturday and from 2.30pm on Sunday, as well as depending on the number of visitors, flash visits (of about 30 minutes) will be organized on specific themes, such as the history of the Manécanterie, Flemish tapestries, liturgical vestments, relics, etc.

À propos du lieu

Cathédrale Saint-Jean et son Trésor

Place Saint-Jean, 69001 Lyon

Métropole de Lyon
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The medieval Treasury of the Cathedral of Lyon was destroyed in 1562 by the plundering of the Calvinist Baron des Adrets, plundered under Louis XIV and then plundered under the Revolution. Thus, in the aftermath of the Concordat, in the context of a new religious impulse, Cardinal Joseph FESCH, appointed to the diocese by his nephew Napoleon Bonaparte, donated part of his prestigious art collection: Byzantine capitals, Flanders and Aubusson tapestries, embroidered chasubles.
After him, the cardinal of BONALD, continues the reconstitution of the Treasury disappeared: Byzantine ivories, Limousin enamels, Italian Renaissance silverware, hat embroidered with gold thread. This prelate also endeavoured to order from the silversmiths of his city pieces of religious goldsmithery serving the Lyonnais cult. The objects of the Treasury are all protected as historical monuments.
Today, it is the former medieval school of singing of the clergy, called «manécanterie» that serves as a setting for the