Exhibition "Liturgical Art of Yesterday and Today"

Name: Exhibition "Liturgical Art of Yesterday and Today"
Start: 2020-09-18T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2020-09-20T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Basilique Sainte-Thérèse

Exhibition of ornaments and silversmiths' pieces

18 - 20 September 2020Passed

Exhibition of ornaments and silverware in the crypt of the Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse in Lisieux

About the location

Basilique Sainte-Thérèse

1 Avenue Jean XXIII, 14100 Lisieux

Calvados
Normandie

Begun in 1929, consecrated in 1954, in the Byzantine Revival style in the shape of a Latin cross with dome and numerous chochetons. On both sides, two cloisters overlook a forecourt of 140 m long and 70m wide on which there is a bell tower containing a carillon of 51 bells including a drone of 9 tons. The interior decoration of the basilica and crypt is entirely in mosaics.