True Cross

Connected Sites: 14

Definition

According to Christian tradition, the True Cross is the real cross on which Jesus of Nazareth was crucified. (Wikipedia)

This connection features WHS that hold a part of the True Cross or a Holy Nail as a relic.

Contributor

Proposed by Jurre

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Connected Sites

  • Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.80
    505
    14

    The Dal Pozzo chapel in the Camposanto houses two fragments of the True Cross. (Wikipedia)
  • Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.56
    231
    7

    "In the Chapel of the Reliquary (...) is a gold crucifix, dated 874, containing an alleged piece of the True Cross." (Wikipedia)
  • Vatican City
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.30
    621
    9

    "A much larger piece of the True Cross was taken from the Basilica [of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem] on the instructions of Pope Urban VIII in 1629 to St. Peter's Basilica, where it is kept near the colossal statue of St. Empress Helena sculpted by Andrea Bolgi in 1639." (Wikipedia)
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.52
    621
    19

    Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista: "In 1369, Philippe de Mezières (...) gave to the school a piece of the True Cross which it still owns to this day." (Wikipedia)
  • Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.11
    136
    12

    "Fragments of True Cross in the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Visoki Decani" (Wikipedia) (Wikimedia)
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.58
    671
    13

    The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem or Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme holds "part of the Elogium or Titulus Crucis, i.e. the panel which was hung on Christ's Cross (...) and three small wooden pieces of the True Cross." (Wikipedia)
  • Amiens Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.41
    232
    12

    On May 22, 1533, Bishop François de Halluin placed in a gilded silver reliquary, pieces of the True Cross, relics from the Holy Sepulchre, the table of the Last Supper, Saint Honoré, the apostle Saint Thomas, Saint Acheul, and the dalmatic of Thomas Becket; this reliquary was placed at the top of the spire, below the iron cross. (Wikipedia)
  • Vienna
    Vienna
    Austria
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.03
    598
    20

    The Imperial Cross, "kept in the Imperial Treasury in the Hofburg", "served as the container for (...) the reliquary of the True Cross in the lower shaft". (Wikipedia)
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    308
    15

    Relics of the True Cross in the church of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert. (Nomination file, p. 6) The "A of Charlemagne" in the abbey of Sainte-Foy de Conques contains the titulus of the True Cross. (Wikipedia)

  • Route of Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.39
    232
    8

    "The Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana (...) holds and venerates part of the Lignum Crucis discovered in Jerusalem by Saint Helena of Constantinople, which is claimed to be the largest piece held." (Wikipedia)
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.20
    690
    20

    The treasury of the Notre-Dame de Paris exhibits the reliquary of a fragment of the Cross of Christ. (Wikipedia) (Wikimedia)
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    276
    12

    The Church of the Holy Sepulchre houses the Chapel of the Invention of the Holy Cross, "believed to be the place where the True Cross was found." (Wikipedia) "The Greek Orthodox church presents a small True Cross relic shown in the Greek Treasury within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at the foot of Golgotha." (Wikipedia)
  • Mount Athos
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.49
    84
    10

    Koutloumousiou Monastery "houses a piece of the Holy Cross." (Wikipedia)
  • Bamberg
    Bamberg
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.55
    282
    11

    Bamberg Cathedral: "The name "Nagelkapelle" ("Nail chapel") refers to a nail said to come from the True Cross; this nail has been venerated at Bamberg since the 14th century." (Wikipedia)