Reims

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Reims (pronounced Rays, also spelled "Rheims" in English), a city in northern France, is perhaps best known for its cathedral, where generations of French kings were crowned.

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Understand

Reims, together with Épernay and Ay, is one of the great centers of Champagne production. Many of the largest Champagne producing houses, referred to as les grandes marques, have their headquarters in Reims. Most are open for champagne tasting and tours by appointment only. Champagne is aged in the many chalk caves and tunnels, some originating in the Roman period, under Reims.

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  • Reims Cathedral (Notre-Dame de Reims) - the French equivalent, somewhat, for England's Westminster Abbey, the Cathedral at Reims was the church in which numerous French monarchs were officially crowned
  • the Palace of Tau
  • the Porte de Mars - a large late-Roman period triumphal arch
  • Saint Remi Basilica

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Drink

Champagne of course !

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