Free visit and exhibition of the cathedral treasure

Name: Free visit and exhibition of the cathedral treasure
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Cathédrale Notre-Dame

(Re) Discover the Notre-Dame de Saint-Omer Cathedral, a Gothic architectural jewel built between the 12th and 16th centuries. Admire the quantity and quality of furniture it contains. Discover the...

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Octagonal tower of the cathedral, access by the choir. Free. Information from the Tourist and Convention Office of the Country of Saint-Omer on 03.21.98.08.51.

Registration

03 21 98 08 51

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The Friends of the Cathedral invite you to discover the treasure of the cathedral in the octagonal tower: admire the goldsmithery of the nineteenth century and the reliquary of Saint-Omer. Upstairs, the old archive room, with the exceptional pavement of the fifteenth century, will be open.

About the location

Cathédrale Notre-Dame

5 enclos Notre-Dame, 62500 Saint-Omer

Pas-de-Calais
Hauts-de-France

Unique(Only) Gothic cathedral of the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais, the cathedral Notre-Dame shelters a rich and various furniture which most objects are listed(classified) or register. The famous picture(board) of Rubens representing the descent from the cross is a very beautiful example. Having considered as the most beautiful medieval church of the region, it was at the origin based(established) by Omer in the 7éme century then promoted cathedral in 1561 further to the destruction of Thérouanne by Charles the Fifth.