Word: chinon
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Cost of a facsimile of the Chinon parchment (below), the original account of the alleged misdeeds of the Knights Templar. One copy is reserved for Pope Benedict XVI, and the Vatican is selling the remaining 799 copies...
...Discovered by a student in the attic of a Paris pharmacy in 1867, the saint's purported remains were declared authentic by the Church before being sent to Chinon in 1876. The town played an important role in the saint's life as it was at the royal court of Charles VII in Chinon where she convinced the king to send an army to defend the city of Orl?ans from the invading English. Leading these troops into battle, St. Joan later emerged victorious from the siege. The tests on the relics took around a year to complete and were...
...bogus bones look unlikely to affect the lucrative tourist industry based around one of France's most famous daughters. The Joan of Arc Museum in Chinon, where the alleged relics were previously exhibited, is set to move to new, larger premises in 2009. The new museum will house an expanded exhibition featuring previously-unseen written documents that chart the saint's tumultuous life. Despite having exhibited the remains for decades, the museum denied it was red-faced after receiving the results of the forensic tests. "Some people did think they were genuine," said former museum director Anne-Marie Salichon...
...taking some of the Swiss account money as a "fee." Tarallo testified that the $6.5 million he used to buy and renovate a Paris apartment was spent on President Bongo's behalf, an accusation Bongo denies. Sirven allegedly spent $13 million on art and furnishings for a castle in Chinon. As well as being a sensation in France, the case has aroused anticorruption experts elsewhere. This week, the court is set to hear testimony about controversial commissions paid to German politicians in connection with Elf's acquisition of the Leuna refinery in eastern Germany in 1992. In a surprising development...