Baccarat: The Crystal Museum, a Church of 20,000 Crystals and the Springs of Hercules
Grand Est, France
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Baccarat: The Crystal Museum, a Church of 20,000 Crystals and the Springs of Hercules
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Baccarat has had a glassworks since Louis XV authorised one in 1764 and has made crystal since 1817, and the museum in the château de la manufacture — the house the works' administrators lived in from the mid-19th century — shows 1,100 pieces made since then. The church of Saint-Rémy, destroyed in October 1944 and rebuilt between 1953 and 1957 by Nicolas Kazis entirely on the sign of the triangle, is glazed with 4,000 crystal slabs cut into 20,000 pieces in more than 150 shades set into concrete, which the source calls unique in the world. Across the Meurthe at Deneuvre, a Gallo-Roman spring sanctuary found in 1974 has yielded more than a hundred figures of Hercules — more than any other site in the Roman West.
Required Activities
1
of 5
In the Musée du Cristal in the château de la manufacture, work through the 1,100 pieces made here since 1817, then find Jean Prouvé's honour staircase and the carved roundels of the crystal trades on the way out
2
of 5
Inside Saint-Rémy, name all twelve Apostles from the attributes in the crystal either side of the choir, glazed from 4,000 slabs cut into 20,000 pieces in more than 150 shades
3
of 5
Work along all fourteen Stations of the Cross in the side aisles, carved in reconstituted stone and Baccarat crystal, then stand under the 19-tonne ceiling of 130 glued-wood panels and look up at the 55 m three-sided campanile from outside
4
of 5
In the museum of the Sources d'Hercule at Deneuvre, find the antique basins put back in water in the rebuilt sanctuary and pick out three of the twelve labours among the Hercules figures — more of them came from this one site than from anywhere else in the Roman West
5
of 5
Find the crystal fountain on the roundabout between the town hall and Saint-Rémy, then track down at least three of the La Fontaine fables set in coloured glass in pink sandstone frames around the town
In the Musée du Cristal in the château de la manufacture, work through the 1,100 pieces made here since 1817, then find Jean Prouvé's honour staircase and the carved roundels of the crystal trades on the way out
Inside Saint-Rémy, name all twelve Apostles from the attributes in the crystal either side of the choir, glazed from 4,000 slabs cut into 20,000 pieces in more than 150 shades
Work along all fourteen Stations of the Cross in the side aisles, carved in reconstituted stone and Baccarat crystal, then stand under the 19-tonne ceiling of 130 glued-wood panels and look up at the 55 m three-sided campanile from outside
In the museum of the Sources d'Hercule at Deneuvre, find the antique basins put back in water in the rebuilt sanctuary and pick out three of the twelve labours among the Hercules figures — more of them came from this one site than from anywhere else in the Roman West
Find the crystal fountain on the roundabout between the town hall and Saint-Rémy, then track down at least three of the La Fontaine fables set in coloured glass in pink sandstone frames around the town
Before you go
The museum of the Sources d'Hercule at Deneuvre opens weekends only from mid-April to late June and in September, every day in July and August, and not at all from October to April; entry is about 4.50 euros. The Musée du Cristal is ticketed and separate from the working crystal factory, which is not open to visitors. Saint-Rémy is free but the crystal only shows at its best in sunshine — go in the afternoon.
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