Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basilica of Notre-Dame de l'Epine is a major work of the Flamboyant Gothic style, with numerous gargoyles of great originality.
Its facade has three portals...
Returning to the Mutualism of the 19th century, shops with multiple branches made history in Reims, like Goulet-Turpin, the Établissements Économiques or the Comptoirs Français. Some announced mass di...
Les étangs ont été creusés au XIIe siècle par les moines de l’abbaye d’Igny pour la pisciculture. Grâce aux étangs, ils approvisionnaient tout archevêché en poissons.
Vendus lors de la Révolution, ils...
In the middle of the vineyards, this windmill is a not-to-be-missed place. There you can enjoy calm, silence and admire a unique landscape at the same time. You will be able to see the city of Reims, ...
Réalisée en septembre dernier par 60 graffeurs et artistes peintres, la fresque ZI ARTISTES est une œuvre unique, installée le long de la rue Philippe. À deux pas de la Cartonnerie, l’œuvre est access...
Architect Jacques Marcel Auburtin built around 600 homes that could house an average of six people and were spread across 14 models of “houses”, combining one to four homes (terraced, symmetrical, in ...
110 years of automobile creations have been assembled in the museum and some models were manufactured in only a few specimens. Nearly 230 vehicles are exhibited in one of the most important car museum...
Designed by the town architect Narcisse Brunette in 1867, the Manège housed the stables which were needed for equestrian spectacles. It was also the place where the people of Reims came to take course...
Superbe exemple d'art Louis XVI, l'Hôtel Ponsardin a été construit à la fin du dix-huitième siècle à la demande de Ponce-Jean-Nicolas-Philippe Ponsardin. Cet hôtel particulier abrite aujourd'hui le s...
This monumental fountain was erected in the middle of the Place d'Erlon by André Najoux in 1906 thanks to August Subé's generosity.
All around its pedestal, four statues represent the region's rivers ...
Behind the plot occupied by the Mumm house remain traces of the former premises of Champagne Chauvet, a winegrower established in Rilly-la-Montagne since the 16th century.
The Carnegie Library, built as a result of donations from the American steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, was inaugurated in 1928 by the President of the Republic, Gaston Doumergue.
Its semi-cylindrical ...
Founded in 1776, this major company still has its historic headquarters, which were built in 1852-1854 on this prestigious boulevard. Architect Édouard Thiérot designed a true “palace”, which is made ...
The Cryptoporticus reminds that the Roman were here. The building is parlty buried and when it was built, at the beginning of the 3rd century, the basement dealt with bean storage and the surface was ...
Situé au sein de l’Office de tourisme de Vitry-le-François, porte d’entrée marnaise de la région du Der, l'Espace Scénographie Vitry, Champagne et Der est un petit parcours mis en scène pour vous donn...
Notre-Dame de Reims is one of Europe's most important Gothic structures. A World Heritage site, the 13th century cathedral has characteristics all its own, in particular its lighting, statuary and uni...
Rousselet pear from Reims, early cherry from Prin ... more than twenty ancient fruit species grown in Montagne de Reims, in the Marne Valley and Tardenois can be seen in the conservatory orchard.
The monumental Mars Gate dates from the first part of the 3rd century and gave access to the Gallo-Roman town of Durocortorum. It is made of three arches on which original sculptures are still visible...
Ce quadrilatère à l’appareillage champenois typique de la région est l’un des plus beaux châteaux de la Champagne. Plus de 50 jeux anciens, les Jeux des Chevaliers, et bien d’autres activités pour déc...
600m² divided into 7 scenographic spaces show you 3 major times: Europe and Champagne-Ardenne before the war reminds you what the Belle Epoque period was, until the launching of the conflict.
The War...
Au milieu du XIXe siècle,, la France vit une période de grande pauvreté. Les paysans sans terre parcourent la campagne à la recherche d’un emploi.
Toutes ces personnes doivent trouver un abri pour la ...
Reims has around 100,000 files on damage caused by war. In order to facilitate processes, owners assembled in cooperatives. Although they were encouraged by town planners, few ,projects involved reorg...
The Reims motto “God will guard” was translated from a vow by Louis the Debonaire during his coronation in 816, when he announced the demolition of the fortifications in order to repurpose stones, at ...
This Monument is a unique memorial bridge in France. It was donated by the state of Pennsylvania after World War I, as a tribute to all the American soldiers who died to free Fismes.
Designed in 1926-1927, this building is the work of François Le Coeur, an architect for the Ministry of Postal Services and an associate of Henri Royer. A circular, 17.5-metre-wide room was open to th...
Overhanging one of the most prestigious slope of the Montagne de Reims, the lighthouse of Verzenay and its Musée de la Vigne invites you to discover the fascinating world of the vineyards of Champagne...
In 1918, Italy sent 41 000 troops to fight in France to counter the German offensive in Champagne and on the Chemin des Dames.
The cemetery of Bligny-Chambrecy houses the bodies of 3 440 of these fig...
Sainte-Clotilde Basilica is a Neo-Byzantine church built in 1898 in memory of King of the Franks Clovis' wife. It houses 2 000 relics of the important saints of France, that are gathered in 120 shrine...
Hôtel Mignot (Piper-Heidsieck et Charles Heidsieck)
REIMS
Historical sites and monuments
This private mansion, which belongs to the Piper-Heidsieck and Charles Heidsieck champagne houses (founded in 1785 and 1851, respectively), was built in 1911 by the grocery merchant Édouard Mignot (18...
St. Jacques Church is the oldest church of Reims after Remi's abbey church. Its simple façade, pierced by three portals, masks a 12th century Gothic triforium and nave, a flamboyant Gothic chancel da...
Founded in 1882, the Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC – Union of Champagne Houses) brings together the champagne houses at the origin of this prestigious drink’s international notoriety.
Chapelle commémorative du village détruit de Nauroy
BEINE-NAUROY
Historical sites and monuments
Cette chapelle, d'inspiration Art déco, en pierre blanche fait office de Monument au Morts. Elle est située devant les restes du cimetière et l'église du village de Nauroy, détruit durant la Première...
Située sur les hauteurs de Ville-Dommange, la chapelle Saint-Lié a été classée en 1922. Depuis cet endroit, vous pouvez profiter d'une superbe vue sur le vignoble de Champagne !
Built in 1757 in honour of king Louis XV, the architecture of Place Royale is typical of the 18th century: arcades and roofs with balusters with horizontal lines. The pediment of the Hôtel des Fermes,...
Posée sur une éminence dominant les champs de bataille de Champagne de la Grande Guerre, l’impressionnante et presque menaçante pyramide de béton et de grès rose rend hommage aux combattants des armée...
On Monday, 7 May 1945 at 2.41 am in the War Room of General Eisenhower’s supreme headquarters (S.H.A.E.F.), which occupied part of what was Reims’ technical college, the Allied Forces put an end to th...
Ses somptueux décors des XVIIème et XVIIIème siècles ont été réalisés par les artistes les plus prestigieux (Watteau, Boucher, Oudry, …) à la demande des Bourbon, des Pr...
In 1897, this house was built by architect Paul Blondel, who was a winner of the Grand Prix de Rome scholarship. The abundance of Art Nouveau decor illustrates a clear neo-
Louis XV taste.
Laissez-vous séduire par le Château de Pierry et l’harmonie typique des demeures seigneuriales du 18ème siècle ! Un lieu plein de charme qui vous attend pour une visite unique !
Our Lady of Peace Chapel was entirely imagined and decorated in the refined Japanese tradition by Léonard Foujita, a Japanese painter of the School of Paris, in 1966, after his conversion to catholici...
The Reims-Gueux circuit is situated on the western edge of Reims, between the communes of Thillois and Gueux. It is 7.8 km in length and was made up of secondary roads and a section of the N 31.
The ...
Cette construction du XIIème siècle était autrefois réservée au Trésorier, haut dignitaire chargé de pourvoir aux dépenses du culte et de veiller sur
la cathédrale et son trésor (reliques, objets litu...
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Saint-Remi Basilica is a collection of history and art which should not be missed. The 11th century Romanesque nave was lengthened by two transepts at the end o...
The reconstruction of this beautiful banking institution, built on the colossal scale characteristic of the 19th century, is representative of the reconstruction methods that combine preserving the fa...
