France's bustling, modern Reims greets travelers with cellar doors wide open. As the capital of the Champagne region, it features a lively center, a historic cathedral, and, of course, Champagne ...

Shrapnel and collapsing structural elements shattered stained glass windows and destroyed pillars and statuary on both sides of the cathedral, decapitating the famous “smiling angel” of Reims.

A German artillery shell hits the cathedral "Collier's New Photographic History of the World's War" (1919) via Wikicommons For nearly a millennium, the French city of Reims was synonymous with its ...

There are some unmissable things to do in Reims, such as the Cathedral and plenty of champagne tours, and there are even more little finds waiting to be discovered. Let’s start with a few facts.

and the Gothic splendor of Reims Cathedral. Soar above the mosaics of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, the riverside elegance of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza, and the ...

France’s bustling, modern Reims greets travellers with cellar doors wide open. As the capital of the Champagne region, it features a lively centre, a historic cathedral, and, of course ...

Reims Cathedral was severely damaged by the Germans in World War I. "It was clearly seen as a symbol of national history," said Patrick Demouy, a historian at the University of Reims who is also a ...

More than a century after being severely damaged by German bombing raids, the Cathedral of Reims in France has been fitted with three new stained glass windows designed by the German artist Imi ...