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a gold crown with jewels and a cross on top

Now comes the difficult part. We Have Italy (37 on the map) and Germany (38 on the map). These two countries are strewn with crowns exhibited in almost as many places as there are crowns and there are many. The Pope is the only head of state who is first an ecclesiastical head before he is a governmental head. Therefore we will list those crowns, called tiaras, here. Other Ecclesiastical Crowns will follow once we have completed our first round trip of the planet. Let's begin now with Italy…

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several crowns are sitting on display together

Jewellery cataloguer Samuel Hug explains how a replica set of the British Crown Jewels, which features in the Of Royal and Noble Descent sale, helped give the wider public an extraordinary glimpse into Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. To see the full sale catalogue and to register to bid, click…

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a gold crown with jewels on it sitting on a table

For the Paris Universal Exposition of 1855, Napoleon III decided to impress the whole world by exhibiting the Crown diamonds, which he had reset for the occasion. Alexandre-Gabriel Lemonnier (circa 1808-1884) was chosen to produce the crowns of the Emperor and of the Empress with part of these stones. The crown of the Empress, now in the Louvre. It has 2,480 diamonds and 56 emeralds. Excerpt taken from www.louvre.fr.

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a green and white tiara on display at a museum

The dress is now on display at Windsor Castle in a new exhibit on Princess Eugenie's wedding.

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Antique Emerald Tiara, Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara, Queen Elizabeth Ii Aquamarine Necklace, Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik Tiara, Queen Elizabeth Vladimir Tiara, Royal Crown Jewels, Tiaras Jewellery, Royal Crowns, Royal Tiaras

This gorgeous tiara was made by Evrard and Frederic Bapst for the French crown jewels in 1820. There are 1031 diamonds and 40 emeralds in the setting. This diadem of emeralds and diamonds is a mast…

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