14 Sights in Reims, France (with Map and Images)
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The Basilica of Saint-Remi is a medieval abbey church in Reims, France. It was founded in the 11th century "over the chapel of St. Christophe where St. Remi was buried." It is "the largest Romanesque church in northern France, though with later additions." The church has been a monument historique since 1840, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991 as a part of Cathedral of Notre-Dame, former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau.
2. Ancienne Abbaye Saint-Remi
Lance St. Remy Monastery, a former Benedictine monastery in Lance, is now the Lance St. Remy Museum. Around 760, the Archbishop of Reims, Tilpin, founded the Monastery of St. Remy, where he founded a Benedictine religious community, which remained there until the French Revolution. The monastery experienced remarkable economic and spiritual development in the Middle Ages and an equally important revival in the 17th and 18th centuries. A light bulb containing chreme, or holy oil, was brought from the monastery of St. Remy during the anointing ceremony for the king at Reims Cathedral. The Abbey of St. Remy controls the diocese and two colleges belonging to its restricted area, one of which is St. Timothy's College.
3. Statue Baptème de Clovis
The baptism of Clovis is the sacrament symbolizing the conversion of the Frankish king Clovis I to the Christian religion. The ceremony, organized by Bishop Remi on Christmas Eve, December 24 or 25 in the baptistery of the church which was on the site of the cathedral of Reims according to an almost unanimous tradition, comes at an uncertain date that is debated among historians. Historiography, based on the History of the Franks of Gregory of Tours, has long fixed this date at Christmas 496, after the battle of Tolbiac but it would rather be between 498 or 499 according to the majority of historians, even if some lean towards a later conversion, in 505 or even 508.
4. Borne Vauthier Demarcation Stone
Western Front demarcation stones, also known as Bornes du Front and Bornes Vauthier, are monuments erected in France and Belgium to mark the limit of the German advance during the First World War. The stones were the idea of sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier, a veteran of the war, and were erected between 1921 and 1930. The total number of stones erected is unclear but it is thought that there were 118 official stones, of which 93 survive. The stones identify the army that held that sector in 1918 and are engraved with the text "Here the invader was brought to a standstill 1918" in English, Dutch, and French.
5. Musée du Fort de la Pompelle
The Fort de la Pompelle, also known as Fort Herbillon, is one of a number of forts built around Reims after 1870 as part of a fortification belt in the Séré de Rivières system. The forts saw combat during the First World War in the defense of Reims. The fort is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the town of Sillery, next to the N44 road, between Reims and Châlons-en-Champagne. Constructed as a supporting position for larger forts and disarmed in 1913, it saw the heaviest fighting of the Reims forts. It was bombarded during the war and remains in a state of ruin.
6. Ancien Collège des Jésuites
The former Jesuit College of Reims is a 16th century building located in Reims in the Marne, a French department in the Champagne area of the Grand Est region. Founded in 1608 by Jesuits, the college was closed in 1762 when the Jesuits were banished from France. The buildings were used for other educational projects during the 19th century. Since 1976 they have belonged to the City of Reims, which has used it to provide a space for various regional and international organisations. Its library and refectory are recognised monuments of Baroque art.
7. Bibliothèque Carnegie
The Carnegie Library of Reims is a public library built with money donated by businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to the city of Reims after World War I. Reims was one of three "front-line" cities to be given a Carnegie library, the other two being Leuven and Belgrade. Built in the 1920s, it combined the mission of heritage conservation and of reading public library. Until 2003, the Carnegie Library was the main library of Reims.
8. Église Saint-Nicaise
In Reims, the Saint-Nicaise church is a parish church built in a garden city in Romano-Byzantine style in the 1920s. It is due to the architect Jean-Marcel Auburtin, and decorated by notable artists of the time: Maurice Denis, Roger de Villiers, Gustave Jaulmes, Emma Thiollier, Jean Berque, René Lalique, Jacques Simon, Ernest Laurent. It is classified as a "historical monument".
9. Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix
The chapel of Our Lady Queen of Peace, or Foujita Chapel, was constructed in 1965–1966 at Reims, France. The chapel was conceived and designed by the artist Tsuguharu Foujita, and is famous for the frescos he painted in the interiors. The chapel was consecrated in 1966, and in 1992 was listed as an historic monument of France.
10. Musée de la Reddition
The Surrender Museum is a history museum founded by the city of Reims in 1985 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the signing, on May 7, 1945 at 2:41 am, of the first part of the acts of capitulation of Nazi Germany that ended the Second World War in the European theater.
11. Parc de Champagne
The Parc de Champagne is a landscaped space in the French town of Reims, it was created by the Marquis de Polignac for the well-being of his staff working in the cellars but also to mark Reims with his imprint, it is located avenue du Général-Giraud.
12. Musée Automobile Reims Champagne
The Musée Automobile Reims-Champagne is a museum located in Reims, in the Grand Est region. The museum occupies the former premises of the company Menuiserie Métallique moderne (MMM), at 84, avenue Georges-Clemenceau.
13. Ancien Cellier d'expédition Mum
The Mumm expedition cellar, known as Le Cellier, is a former place of champagne making, currently a cultural place in Reims. It is located at 4 bis, rue de Mars, adjacent to the east façade of the town hall.
14. Porte Bazée
The Porte Bazée is a Roman monument in Reims, from the third century. It takes its name from the proximity of the Basilica of Saint-Rémi. The Porte de Bazée was classified as a historical monument in 1981.
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