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Bookmark or Share- Home - Reims TourismeThanks to the TGV, which connects it to Paris in just 45 minutes, and its motorway network, Reims is the ideal weekend destination. Here, in just a few minutes, you can move from a dynamic city center, with its shops and restaurants, to a rich and stunning natural environment.
- Reims - WikipediaReims (/ r iː m z / REEMZ; [4] French: ⓘ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France.The city lies 129 km (80 mi) northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne.. Founded by the Gauls, Reims became a major city in the Roman Empire. [5] Reims later played a prominent ceremonial role ...
- 10 Top Tourist Attractions in Reims - PlanetWareReims' cathedral enjoys a very special position in French history. Similar to Westminster Abbey in London, the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims was used for the monarchy's coronation ceremonies (for more than eight centuries). Joan of Arc accompanied Charles VII here in July of 1429 for his coronation. She appears in an equestrian statue on the ...
- Reims | History, Geography, & Points of Interest | BritannicaReims is an administrative and commercial centre. Together with Épernay, it forms the industrial centre of the champagne wine district. The wine is stored in large cellars tunneled in the chalk that underlies the district. The nature of the soft stone, however, has led to collapse of some surface structures into the caves, endangering the city’s architectural heritage.
- 15 Best Things to Do in Reims (France) - The Crazy TouristReims was one of three cities damaged by First World War that were chosen to receive a library from the American philanthropist Andre Carnegie. In the library’s catalogue are medieval manuscripts, incunabula (books printed before 1501) and numerous books printed during the Ancien Régime.
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