Trésor de la cathédrale Saint-Lazare (visite libre)

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Come and discover the treasures housed in Saint-Lazare cathedral.
Visitors may explore the treasury at their own pace but under supervision.

The treasury is housed in four rooms built in 1520 at the request of Jacques Hurault, bishop and ambassador to Louis XII: the Great Sacristy, the Archives and Treasury Rooms, and, on the upper floor, the so-called Chapter House, which housed the canons’ library.
These rooms, adjoining the west arm of the transept, are a Flamboyant Gothic addition to the Romanesque cathedral.
In the chapter house, the Romanesque... Read more
Visitors may explore the treasury at their own pace but under supervision.

The treasury is housed in four rooms built in 1520 at the request of Jacques Hurault, bishop and ambassador to Louis XII: the Great Sacristy, the Archives and Treasury Rooms, and, on the upper floor, the so-called Chapter House, which housed the canons’ library.
These rooms, adjoining the west arm of the transept, are a Flamboyant Gothic addition to the Romanesque cathedral.
In the chapter house, the Romanesque capitals by Gislebertus.
A spiral staircase leads to the chapter house, where twenty-three 12th-century capitals are on display. These masterpieces of Romanesque art, attributed to Gislebertus, depict biblical scenes, mythical creatures and sumptuous plant motifs. They originate from the cathedral’s transept and chancel and were removed and replaced with copies in 1863, during work to stabilise the building. They can thus be viewed up close, within an exceptional architectural setting.

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