Which Cathedral contained the relic The crown of thorns?
Which Cathedral contained the relic The crown of thorns? Napoleon I offered a reliquary, which is basically a shrine for The Crown of Thorns and the relics were then eventually given back to the Archbishop of Paris, who placed them within the Treasury of the Notre Dame Cathedral on 10th August 1806, which is where they still remained until very recently.
What is the most valuable item in the Vatican?
Valued by some as high as €2 billion, Nero's bathtub is one of the most precious works in the Vatican Museums. Stretching a whopping 25ft in diameter, it's made of a deep red/purple porphyry marble. This stone was quarried from a single source in Egypt and no other deposits of it have ever been found.