Reims Sights

  1. Basilique St-Rémi

    Way back in the AD 400s, Bishop Remigius baptised Clovis and 3000 Frankish warriors; 121m-long Basilique St-Rémi is named in his honour. Once a Benedictine abbey church and now a Unesco World Heritage Site (along with the cathedral and the Palais du Tau), its Romanesque nave and transept - worn but stunning - date mainly from the mid-11th century. The choir (constructed between 1162 and 1190) is in the early Gothic style, with a large triforium gallery and, way up top, tiny clerestory windows.

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