An exhibition of famous relics of the Sainte-Chapelle of St. Louis will be held in the Moscow Kremlin Museums

Loud cultural event expects the Russian capital in March. From France will be arrive by the famous relics of the Sainte-Chapelle of St. Louis. Masterpieces of Gothic art present in the Moscow Kremlin Museums in the framework of Cross-Cultural Tourism Year of Russia and France.

"This kind of exhibition has not been done ever in Russia, - says Director General of the Moscow Kremlin Museums Elena Gagarina -. Sainte-Chapelle - Gothic building of this magnitude with huge stained glass windows for the XIII century - is an extraordinary event, just as bringing these relics here ".

Chapelle Sainte-Chapelle is located in the Ile de la Cité in Paris. It was conceived by King Louis of France as the storage of sacred relics. All of them were taken from Constantinople by the Crusaders. The main exhibit - the crown of thorns dipped in the blood of Christ. Louis believed that the possession of this relic will strengthen the influence of the French kingdom in the Christian world. In Moscow, he did not put up a crown of thorns, because it is now in the Notre-Dame de Paris, and his reliquary - the ark to store. Among other items - statues, manuscripts, the famous Limoges enamels, the Gospel a precious salary.

"For this exhibition its unique exhibits provide several French museums Louvre, the National Middle Ages Museum, the National Library and many other We believe that the greatest impression produce fragments of stained glass windows of the Sainte-Chapelle They had never left France...", - Said the president of the Center France's national monuments Philip Belaval.