Reims (/ˌnɒtrə ˈdɑːm, ˌnoʊtrə ˈdeɪm, ˌnoʊtrə ˈdɑːm/; French: [nɔtʁə dam də ʁɛ̃s] ; meaning "Our Lady of Reims"), known in English as Reims Cathedral,...
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a tributary of the Aisne. Founded by the Gauls, Reims became a major city in the Roman Empire. Reims later played a prominent ceremonial role in French...
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The Labyrinth of the Reims Cathedral was a church labyrinth installed on the floor of the nave of the Reims Cathedral. The labyrinth was the shape of a...
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ring of small chapels. This model appeared at Chartres Cathedral and was copied at Reims Cathedral and other later structures. Another characteristic separating...
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High Gothic (section Amiens Cathedral (1220–1266))
Gothic cathedrals in the Rayonnant style included Reims Cathedral, Amiens Cathedral, Bourges Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral, and Beauvais Cathedral. The...
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The Archdiocese of Reims or Rheims (Latin: Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: Archidiocèse de Reims) is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese...
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Gothic architecture (redirect from Gothic Cathedrals)
Chartres Cathedral (13th century) West rose window of Reims Cathedral (13th century) Grand rose of Strasbourg Cathedral (14th century) Orvieto Cathedral rose...
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known as the Smile of Reims (Le Sourire de Reims) or Angel of the Annunciation, is a stone sculpture at the cathedral of Reims. Sculptors that were pioneers...
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French Gothic architecture (section Classic Gothic or High Gothic Cathedrals – Chartres, Bourges, Reims, western parts of Amiens)
are the great Gothic cathedrals of France, including Notre-Dame Cathedral, Reims Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral, and Amiens Cathedral. Its main characteristics...
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all, Reims has more than 2300 statues in its decoration. Façade of Reims Cathedral (1211 to the 16th century) Western rose window Beauvais Cathedral had...
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bar tracery designs were made for the aisle windows at Reims Cathedral around 1215. The Reims windows still used the same 'two lancets plus oculus' pattern...
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Coronation of Charles X of France (category Reims)
Reims on 29 May 1825 when Charles X was crowned as King of France, marking the last coronation of a French monarch. It took place at Reims Cathedral in...
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Jean d'Orbais (category Architects from Reims)
initial work on the cathedral of Notre Dame de Reims. He was born c. 1175 in the village of Orbais in the and before working at Reims he made his debut...
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infant Henry VI of England, but Charles's own son was crowned first in Reims Cathedral and was widely regarded even before his coronation as the true heir...
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Flodoard (redirect from Flodoard of Reims)
Épernay. He was educated at the cathedral school of Reims which had been established by Archbishop Fulk. As a young canon of Reims, he gained prominent roles...
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dispersed, the people of Reims switched allegiance and opened their gates, which enabled the coronation of Charles VII at Reims Cathedral in 1429. Six years...
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of France was crowned in Chartres Cathedral, rather than the traditional Reims Cathedral, since both Paris and Reims were occupied at the time by the Catholic...
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illuminated manuscript of Slavonic (Slavic) origin which became part of the Reims Cathedral treasury. Henry III of France and several of his successors including...
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"doctor of stones". The tomb of Hugues Libergier, master mason of Reims Cathedral, also depicts him in the robes of a doctor of theology. Master masons...
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century and is similar in theme and style to that of the sculpture of Reims Cathedral made between 1250 and 1260, though the Strasbourg sculpture shows greater...
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crowned emperor and empress by Pope Stephen IV on 5 October 816 in Reims Cathedral. She died at Angers, Neustria (in present-day France) on 3 October...
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Bishop of Langres and Chapter of the Cathedral of Reims. The established order of six bishops was: The Archbishop of Reims anointed and crowned the king. The...
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conferred by the archbishop of Reims in Reims Cathedral. Napoleon's was a sacred ceremony held in the great cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris in the presence...
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Notre-Dame fire (redirect from Notre-Dame Cathedral fire)
visible from the outside (like the reinforced concrete trusses at Reims Cathedral), or using a combination of restored old elements and newly designed...
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the four-part rib vault, which was used in Chartres Cathedral, Amiens Cathedral and Reims Cathedral. The ribs of this vault distributed the weight more...
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compared with 36 meters at Chartres Cathedral and Reims Cathedral. They are exceeded in height only by Beauvais Cathedral, whose vaults partially collapsed...
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statues are the ones in Chartres Cathedral and those in Reims Cathedral; both locations are in France. Chartres Cathedral's jamb statues contribute to a royal...
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as resembling Reims Cathedral. Shortly after the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh at the end of the Cambodian Civil War, the cathedral was destroyed....
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Notre-Dame de Paris (redirect from Cathedral of Notre Dame)
France in Notre-Dame, aged ten, the traditional coronation church of Reims Cathedral being under French control. During the Renaissance, the Gothic style...
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Imi Knoebel (section Reims Cathedral)
Knoebel's six stained-glass panes within the apse of the Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral were unveiled alongside the stained-glass works of Marc Chagall completed...
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