Free visit of the Treasury of the Cathedral of Lyon

Name: Descubrimiento en visita libre del Tesoro de la catedral de Lyon
Start: 2023-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Cathédrale Saint-Jean et son Trésor

In the Manécanterie, which has become a museum, you can freely explore the room to discover the various objects used to worship or decorate the building.

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

Licence Libre

In the Manécanterie, which has become a museum, you can freely explore the room to discover the various objects used to worship or decorate the building.

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thèmes 2023

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

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