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1929 – Reims Central Market Hall built. 1930 – Monument aux Morts erected in Place de la République . 1931 – Stade de Reims football club formed. 1935 – City Stadium opens. 1937 – Gare de Reims built. 1940 – Battle of France; Germans in power. 1946 – Reims Aviation in business. 1953 – 12 Hours of Reims motor race begins.
A stained glass window of the Protestant Church of Reims. The Protestant Church of Reims, built in 1921–1923 over designs by Charles Letrosne, is an example of flamboyant neo-Gothic architecture. The Hôtel de Ville, erected in the 17th century and enlarged in the 19th, features a pediment with an equestrian statue of Louis XIII (reigned 1610 ...
Notre-Dame de Reims (/ ˌ n ɒ t r ə ˈ d ɑː m, ˌ n oʊ t r ə ˈ d eɪ m, ˌ n oʊ t r ə ˈ d ɑː m /; [2] [3] [4] French: [nɔtʁə dam də ʁɛ̃s] ⓘ; meaning "Our Lady of Reims"), [a] known in English as Reims Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the French city of the same name, the archiepiscopal see of the Archdiocese of Reims.
The Protestant Church of Reims (French: Temple protestant de Reims) is a large Protestant church in Reims, France, built in 1921–1923 to replace an earlier building that had been destroyed during World War I (1914–1918). The building is in flamboyant Neo-Gothic style.
Reims Cathedral was the traditional site of the coronation of the Capetian dynasty and for that reason was given special grandeur and importance. [2] A fire in 1210 destroyed much of the old cathedral, giving an opportunity to build a more ambitious structure, the work began in 1211, but was interrupted by a local rebellion in 1233, and not resumed until 1236.
Durocortorum was the name of the city of Reims during the Roman era. It was the capital of the Remi tribe and the second largest city in Roman Gaul.. Before the Roman conquest of northern Gaul, the city was founded circa 80 BC and was the capital of the tribe of the Remi.
Reims Aviation Industries was a French aircraft manufacturer located in the city of ... built his first aircraft in 1931, a light two-seater aircraft called the SHB1.
This building soon became too small but a new one could not be built until a 22,000 livre debt was repaid to the city by Charles, Duke of Guise. [3] Nicolas Lespagnol, the city's lieutenant, laid the foundation stone for the new building on 18 June 1627. It was constructed in ashlar stone from Lagery, to a design by the architect Jean Bonhomme. [3]