Even during the campaigns of Julius Caesar, Reims became an important strategic center of the Gallo-Roman Champagne and the capital of the province. In the 5th century, on the site of the collapsed baths, the Basilica of Our Lady and the baptistery were built, to which King Clovis I was baptized. And in 816, Louis the Pious was crowned for the first time in Reims. And since then, almost all French monarchs have been anointed king in this cathedral. Here in 1051, King Henry I married Anna Yaroslavna, the daughter of Yaroslav the Wise, Prince of Kyiv.
The cathedral impresses with its size and harmonious proportions. And the stained-glass windows of the cathedral were very memorable (3 windows in the central chapel were made by Marc Chagall) He somehow delighted me even more than Notre Dame.
The cathedral impresses with its size and harmonious proportions. And the stained-glass windows of the cathedral were very memorable (3 windows in the central chapel were made by Marc Chagall) He somehow delighted me even more than Notre Dame.
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