Fort de la Pompelle played an important role in the 1914-1918 war. It was built in 1883 as part of Reims' defences on the designs of General Séré de Rivières after the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)....
Assembled in 1794, the museum collections grew throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. To highlight the bequests of Henry Vasnier (1907), the City set up the museum in the buildings of the former Abbe...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Like the other FRACs in each of the French regions, the Regional Funds is mandated to create and promote a collection of contemporary works of art, to conceive and produce exhibitions of contemporary ...
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...
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 ...
The last public edifice built after the First World War, the Grand Théâtre in Reims did not open until November 1931. The architects François Maille and Louis Sollier retained the façade built by Alph...
Between 22 and 29 August 1909, in this sector, lying just to the north of Reims, the first ever global aviation meeting took place, drawing in a million visitors. Up until 1913, it was followed by a h...
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...
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,...
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...
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.
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...
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...
Founded in 1128 by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, 30 km from Reims, the Monastery of Igny has seen a succession of two communities of monks followed by two communities of nuns. Destroyed in 1918, it was ...
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...
Established on rue Carnot before the war, this emblem was moved and rebuilt in this location by Léon Margotin and Louis Roubert in 1922. They built a shop and an art gallery lit by a glass roof.
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 !
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...
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 ...
The Montagne de Reims is a plateau with a maximum height of 288 meters. Its subsoil is made of chalk, clay, sands and limestone. The area is home to several species of large mammals such as deer or wi...
Located just on the edge of the Saint- Nicaise Hill, this park was home to the buildings of the Piper-Heidsieck house, which were built by Reims architect Alphonse Gosset in 1885.
This house was built by Nicolas Noël, Lord ofMuire (area to the west of Reims), after a request made to the municipal magistrates in 1565. It is one of the rare examples of Renaissance architecture in...
This particular hotel was probably built by Pierre de Bezannes, the inhabitants’ lieutenant in the 15th century. Originally established on a vast plot, it was made up of a main body and two wings that...
Located at the foot of renowned vineyard slopes, at the southern gates of Épernay (2 km away), the Château de Pierry has been open to the public since 1978 and participates in the Champagne Tourist Ro...
Located in the heart of the Montagne de Reims, "Pré en bulles" is a new multi-activities site exclusively dedicated to champagne.
In the charming village of Trépail, "Pré en bulles", a totally innova...
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...
As the flagship of a blend of Art nouveau and Art déco, Villa Demoiselle was built from 1904 to 1908 according to plans by the architect Louis Sorel. In 2004, Paul-François Vranken, president of Vrank...
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...
This museum is located in the 17th and 18th century buildings of the former St. Remi Royal Abbey, where the holy ampula, used to anoint the kings of France, was kept.
Située devant un plan d'eau, l'église Notre-Dame de Gueux date du 19ème siècle. Elle a du être restaurée suite aux bombardements et a été inaugurée en 1934.
The Necropolis of Sillery-Bellevue was built in 1923 to receive the bodies of soldiers from several French municipal cemeteries in the surrounding area and from temporary cemeteries settled throughout...
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...
Avec ses deux jolies tourelles latérales, cette porte d'architecture de transition date du seizième siècle. Elle constituait autrefois l'entrée principale de l'enclos canonial.
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...
This villa, commissioned from architect Pol Gosset by notary André Douce in 1929, is different in its Art Deco modernity to the other manor houses in the style of Louis XV or Louis XVI associated with...
Ce pont Monument aux Morts est unique en France. Il a été offert par l'état de Pennsylvanie après la Première Guerre mondiale, en hommage à tous les soldats américains morts pour libérer Fismes....
Oeuilly: a village out of time. Follow the guide for 1.5 hours to 3 authentic places from the early 20th century. Discover a typical Champagne home, entirely furnished with objects from the daily life...
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 ...
