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 ...

Clovis, the first king of the Franks, was baptized a Catholic in Reims in 496. Reims Cathedral, a glorious masterpiece of Gothic architecture, is built over the site of the Clovis conversion.

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.

John Muir once called a redwood grove his cathedral. Similar in vein, De Groene Kathedraal (translated as the Green Cathedral) is an organic copy of the famed Notre Dame, and is very much in the ...

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 ...

The Carnegie Library of Reims is an undeniable, art deco dream. But it’s also incredibly easy to miss. Located right across the square from the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims, the building is ...

Located in the Grand Est region, in the Marne Department, the Cathedral, the Palace of Tau and the Abbey of Saint-Rémi of Reims are closely linked to the history of the French monarchy, and hence, ...