Notre-Dame de Reims by Dabs
Notre-Dame de Reims (Our Lady of Reims) was built between 1211 and 1275 on the alleged site of the baptism of Clovis by Saint Remi in AD496. This cathedral is where the kings of France were crowned. The Germans bombed the cathedral in 1917 during WWI, it sustained major damage, restoration was funded in part with grants from the Rockefeller family.
My favorite part of the cathedral are the beautiful striking blue stained glass windows by Russian artist Marc Chagall who was commissioned to create them in the early 1970s. One of the windows depicts the principal events in the lives of Abraham and Christ, another window shows the tree of Jesse, the lineage of the Kings of Judah, and the third window shows momentous events in the lives of the Kings of France including the coronation of King Charles VII in front of Joan of Arc and the baptism of Clovis by Saint Remi.
Open from 7:30-19:30 every day
Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991.
