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Reims was first called Durocortorum [9] in Latin, which is hypothesized to derive from a Gaulish name meaning "Door of Cortoro-". [10] The city later took its name from the Remi tribe [11] (Rēmi or Rhēmi). [12] The modern French name is derived from the accusative case of the latter, Rēmos. [13]
Alemannisch; العربية; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Català; Чӑвашла
1918 – July: Reims besieged by German forces. [18] 1922 – Galeries Lafayette built. 1923 – Protestant Church of Reims rebuilt. 1926 – Annual Grand Prix de la Marne motor race begins on the Reims-Gueux circuit. 1928 Reims – Champagne Air Base begins operating. Carnegie Library of Reims opens. 1929 – Reims Central Market Hall built.
The Reims campaign took place during the Hundred Years' War. It occurred after the French de facto government rejected the terms of the Treaty of London and consequently Edward III of England organised and commanded an expeditionary army to gain by force what he had failed to win by diplomacy.
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 city of Reims and the town of Épernay are the commercial centers of the area. Reims is famous for its cathedral, the venue of the coronation of the French kings and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [1] Located at the northern edges of France, the history of the Champagne wine region has had a significant role in the development of this unique ...
Champagne Pommery is a Champagne house located in Reims. The house was founded as Pommery & Greno in 1858 by Alexandre Louis Pommery and Narcisse Greno with the primary business being wool trading. Under the guidance of Alexandre's widow, Louise Pommery , the firm was dedicated to Champagne production and soon became one of the region 's ...
Entrance to Krug's facilities in Reims. Joseph Krug founded the House of Krug in 1843. [3] He was born Johann-Joseph Krug, a butcher's son, in Mainz, on the Rhine, in 1800, at a time when the city was part of the Napoleonic Empire. Having dispensed with the name Johann, he left Mainz in 1824 and by 1834 he was in Paris.