Discovery of the Treasure of the Antonins

Name: Discovery of the Treasure of the Antonins
Start: 2022-09-17T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Église abbatiale

Relics rub shoulders with surgical tools and choir books. The liturgical vestments are waiting to be seen in their magnificent chapier. The Treasury is just waiting to be discovered!

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

On registration: 25 people max

Registration

04-76-385-385 tourisme@saintmarcellin-vercors-isere.fr

Office de tourisme Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère

The word "treasure" alone inspires the least imaginative of us: precious stones, gold, silver, precious objects. Our imagination can no longer stop inventing images. Is this really a church treasure? And the Treasury of Saint Anthony, is that all? There is nothing better than a guided tour to discover this secret place, closed to the public and which can only be discovered during a visit. Discover the history of the Antonins through objects and especially through a Treasure that is said to be the second reliquary of France.

About the location

Église abbatiale

38160 Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye

Isère
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Begun in the 13th century, but completed nearly two hundred years later, the abbey church of Saint-Antoine is considered one of the most completed examples of Gothic architecture in south-eastern France. The main facade of the "Great Church" (as it was once called) has an unusual width and is of an intimidating majesty. When one enters the abbey church, attention is immediately drawn to the vastness of the interior space. Built on a basilical plan (with main nave, large collateral and no less than seventeen chapels), the church - both sanctuary of the Antonine liturgy and centre of pilgrimages in the Middle Ages - was designed to accommodate considerable crowds. The scale of the architectural program and the rich ornamentation of this building naturally compel admiration.