Reims

France 2011
Picture 01 Notre-Dame de Reims (Our Lady of Rheims), Reims
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Picture 02 The interior of the Notre-Dame de Reims is about 455 ft long.
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Picture 03 Notre-Dame de Reims is the catholic cathedral of Reims, where the kings of France were once crowned.
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Picture 04 The cathedral replaces an older church, destroyed by a fire in 1211, which was built on the site of the basilica where Clovis was baptized by Saint Remi, bishop...
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Picture 05 Two rose windows on the west end (the entrance side).
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Picture 06 The cathedral is about 125 feet high in the center.
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Picture 07 The church has stained glass ranging from the 13th to the 20th century.
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Picture 08 The north transept contains a fine organ in a flamboyant Gothic case.
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Picture 09 In 2011, the city of Reims celebrated the cathedral's 800th anniversary.
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Picture 10 Notre-Dame de Reims cathedral, the former Abbey of Saint-Remi, and the Palace of Tau (former bishop's palace) were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage...
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Picture 11 Notre-Dame de Reims remains the seat of the Archdiocese of Reims.
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Picture 12 The present building occupies roughly the same site as the original cathedral, founded c.400 under the episcopacy of St Nicaise.
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Picture 13 Work on the west facade took place in several phases, which is reflected in the very different styles of some of the sculptures.
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Picture 14 The upper parts of the facade were completed in the 14th century, but apparently following 13th century designs, giving Reims an unusual unity of style.
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Picture 15 Details of some of the sculptures
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Picture 16 The south tower holds just two great bells; one of them, named 'Charlotte' by Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine in 1570, weighs more than 10,000 kg (about 11 tons).
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Picture 17 German shellfire during the opening engagements of the First World War on 20 September 1914 damaged important parts of the cathedral.
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Picture 18 Restoration work began in 1919, the cathedral was fully reopened in 1938.
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Picture 19 The stone of the Reims Cathedral is almost exclusively limestone of the middle Lutecian age, corresponding to the so-called calcaires grossiers of the Parisian...
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Picture 20 The architecture of the Reims Cathedral is characteristic of Gothic Art: it represents a moment of equilibrium between the experiments of Early Gothic (second...
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