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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    of St. Peter's Basilica (for comparison, the width of the nave of Reims Cathedral is 14.65 m, Saint-Étienne de Sens is 15.25 m, and 12 m in Notre Dame...
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    infant Henry VI of England, but Charles' own son was crowned first in Reims Cathedral and was widely regarded even before his coronation as the true heir...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    completion gives the cathedral a great unity of architectural style. The León Cathedral was inspired by the layout of the Reims Cathedral (although it was...
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    The School of Reims was the cathedral school of Reims Cathedral in France that was in operation during the Middle Ages. The term is also used of an artistic...
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    Coronation of Louis XVI (category Reims)
    The Coronation of Louis XVI the King of France took place at Reims Cathedral on 11 June 1775 which fell on Trinity Sunday. Louis XVI had come to the throne...
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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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    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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    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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