The Gothic cathedral—from St.-Denis and Notre-Dame of Paris to Chartres, Reims, and Amiens—stands out for a reason. Their flying buttresses, lofty towers, and subaqueous stained-glass windows ...

Start at Reims Cathedral – a glorious example of Gothic architecture and one of Europe’s greatest churches. Built under the direction of four different architects, the church was started about ...

France’s bustling, modern Reims greets travelers with cellar doors wide open. As the capital of the Champagne region, it features a lively center, a historic cathedral, and, of course, Champa… ...

Paul Wade explores the city's 1000-year-old imperial history and extraordinary Gothic architecture. Many travellers approach Reims as an excuse for a quick tour of a champagne house, a cracking ...

Start at Reims Cathedral, a glorious example of Gothic architecture and one of Europe’s greatest churches. Built under the direction of four different architects, the church was started about ...

A glorious example of Gothic architecture, Reims Cathedral’s construction began in 1211. Around the back of the church, flying buttresses are hard at work, supporting the massive structure.

Gothic architecture–which emerged near Paris in the 1140s, became a powerful artistic force in most of Europe and remained so through the early 1500s–has been studied seriously since the 19th ...

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Imagine that happy day around 1700, when the monk Dom Perignon, after much fiddling with the double fermentation of his grape juice, stumbled onto a bubbly delight.

The Catholic roots of Rheims (and France) are even older. Today’s cathedral replaced its predecessor, which perished in a fire on May 6, 1210. A bishop, St. Sixtus, ...