It was the master Jean d'Orbais who was commissioned, in 1211, to build this cathedral, and was instructed to make it look like those that were currently being built elsewhere (In Paris, Soissons and Chartres). The interior is dated 1285. On the outs..

this old Episcopal palace was built in 1690 by Robert de Cotte and Mansart. In the salle du Tau - the setting for the banquets which followed the coronation of France's kings - there is an exhibition which explains the tradition of the ceremonies. Th..

The museum, located in an old Royal Abbey, has an attractive collection of 17 and 18C buildings that have preserved some medieval parts. The museum has collections of Reims art, from its origins to the late Middle Ages. The Gallo-Roman history of the..

This basilica is the most venerated sanctuaries in Reims. The bishop of Reims, Saint Rémi, was buried there in 533, when the place was already a chapel built to honour Saint-Christophe. The current building constructed from 1007 was modified many tim..

A masterpiece of the transitional period between Art Nouveau and Art Deco, the villa stands facing the Vranken-Pommery estate. It is thanks to the Vrankens that the old Villa Cochet (by Louis Sorel) was saved from abandon and demolition. The painstak..

A number of roads, winding between villages and vineyards, criss-cross this hill between Reims and Epernay. Rilly-la-Montagne, a prosperous town that is home to numerous wine-growers and merchants, is also the starting point for walks to the slopes o..

In this Renaissance house built between 1545 and 1556 saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle was born in 1651A facade dotted with pilasters which are Doric at the bottom but Ionic further up is flanked by a entry pavilion with a coaching door depicting Adam..

In this square, the hotel offers a façade with a stone base, and built with wooden panels and exuberant gabels. The apartments have a refined décor and are decorated with beautiful wood trimmings and old furniture which once belonged to the baron of ..

Laid out in 1760 following the plans of Legendre, this is typical of the Louis XVI era with an arcade and balustraded roofs. On the south side the old Fermes house houses the sub Prefecture. The statue of Louis XV by Pigalle did not survive the Revol..

In the old St Denis Abbey, there are art collections from the Renaissance to today. You must see the portraits of the German Princes by the two brothers Cranach , the series of landscapes by Corot and the collection of French and foreign ceramics...

This triumphal arch was built after the third century and served then as a gate to the ramparts, which guaranteed its survival. If you are a good judge of faces you will have no difficulty in recognising Jupiter and Leda as well as Romulus and Remus ..

This chapel, paid for by the Mumm house, designed and decorated by Leonard Foujita (1886-1968) was opened in 1966. It commemorates the mystical experience that this Japanese painter of the Paris School had felt in the Basilica of St-Rémi. There are s..

Half buried, this great Gallo-Roman monument, dating from the second century, is situated on the site of the Roman Forum.

This Gothic house belongs to the Taittinger house. The neighbouring house called the musicians house, had been rebuilt as the Museum of Saint-Rémi.

This 16C gate with its two encorbelled turrets was the main gateway into the canonical Enclosure.

The only thing that remains of the original building that burnt down in 1917 is the majestic early 17C facade. The frontispiece is sculpted with an equestrian bas-relief depicting Louis XIII.

While Pommery's widow was energetic, the widow Ponsardin of the son of Phillipe Cliquot was even more so, having founded the Veuve Cliquot company in 1772. It was widow Ponsardin who had the initiative of the /iturning/i of the bottles process in 182..

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The facade of no. 6 is decorated with panels depicting champagne making.

A pure Gothic style nave (13-14C) leads to a flamboyant Gothic chancel (start of the 16C) framed by two Renaissance chapels (middle of the 16C). But one should not stop there, for created in the Simon Studios, there are stained-glass windows designed..