Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Reims, France

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Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 4.5 km
Ascend 78 m
Descend 46 m

Explore Reims in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in ReimsIndividual Sights in Reims

Sight 1: Grande Mosquée de Reims

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The Great Mosque of Reims is a Muslim religious building located in Reims, France, in the Sainte-Anne district.

Wikipedia: Grande Mosquée de Reims (FR)

876 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: Square Paul Machuel

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Paul Machuel (7 June 1898 – 21 September 1984) was an industrialist in Reims. From 1922 to 1969, he directed the Machuel & Néouze factory, the current headquarters of the Reims Regatta Nautical Club.

Wikipedia: Paul Machuel (FR)

806 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 3: Luchrone

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The Luchrone is a work by Alain Le Boucher located in the city of Reims in the Champagne-Ardenne region.

Wikipedia: Luchrone (FR)

565 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Basilique Saint-Remi

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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.

Wikipedia: Basilica of Saint-Remi (EN)

309 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Statue Baptème de Clovis

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Statue Baptème de Clovis

The baptism of Clovis is the sacrament symbolizing the conversion of the king of the Franks, Clovis I, to the Christian religion. The ceremony, which is said to have been celebrated by Bishop Remi on Christmas Eve, December 24 or 25 in the baptistery of the church which stood on the site of the cathedral of Reims according to an almost unanimous tradition, took place at an uncertain date that is debated among historians. Historiography, based on the History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours, has long fixed this date at Christmas 496, after the battle of Tolbiac, but it would rather be in 498 or 499 according to the majority of historians, even if some lean towards a later conversion, in 505 or even 508.

Wikipedia: Baptême de Clovis (FR)

18 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Socle statuaire Ambroise Petit

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Socle statuaire Ambroise Petit Musée des Beaux Arts de Reims (inv. 958.1.3) / CC BY-SA 4.0

Ambroise Petit, born in Reims on December 6, 1840 and died in Reims on March 13, 1915, was the founder of the choir of the "Enfants de Saint-Remi" in Reims.

Wikipedia: Ambroise Petit (Fondateur de l’Orphéon des Enfants de Saint-Remi) (FR)

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Ancienne Abbaye Saint-Remi

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Ancienne Abbaye Saint-Remi

The Abbey of Saint-Remi de Reims is a former Benedictine abbey in Reims, now the Musée Saint-Remi de Reims. Around 760, Tilpin, Archbishop of Reims, founded the Abbey of Saint-Remi and established a Benedictine religious community there, which remained there until the French Revolution. The abbey experienced remarkable economic and spiritual development in the Middle Ages, and an equally important revival in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. For the Anointing of Kings, which took place in the cathedral of Reims, the ampoule containing chrism, or holy oil, was brought from the abbey of Saint-Remi. The Abbey of Saint-Remi exercised its dominion over the parishes under its ban and over two collegiate churches, including that of Saint-Timothée.

Wikipedia: Abbaye Saint-Remi de Reims (FR)

479 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Ancien Collège des Jésuites

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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.

Wikipedia: Jesuit College of Reims (EN)

1334 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 9: Église Saint-Nicaise

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In Reims, the church of Saint-Nicaise is a parish church built in a garden city in the Romano-Byzantine style in the 1920s. It was designed by 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".

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Nicaise de Reims (FR)

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