The treasures of the church at Lapleau

The church of Lapleau is distinguished above all by its Limousin silverware treasures. These religious objects, from the 13th century, attest to the know-how of the Limousin workshops that used the technique of cloisonné (fine silver wire) or champlevé (acid etching), while coloured glasses, enamels or gems enriched the repoussé, hammered and incised metal. Reliquaries were designed to house relics. The reliquary at Saint-Pantaléon-Lapleau would have belonged to Pope Clement VI.