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Cathédrale Notre Dame
Imagine the pomp, the extravagance, the over-the-top costumes and the egos writ large of a French royal coronation… For centuries, the focal point of such affairs was Cathédrale Notre Dame, a Gothic edifice begun in 1211 - on a site occupied by churches since the 5th century - and mostly completed a century later. The most famous event in the cathedral's history was the coronation of Charles VII, with Joan of Arc at his side, on 17 July 1429.
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Notre Dame Cathedral
Over the course of a millennium (816-1825), 34 sovereigns - among them 25 kings - began their reigns as Christian rulers in Reims' famed Gothic cathedral. Keep an eye out for the window by Chagall in the axial chapel, and the statue of Joan of Arc, while imagining the pomp, the outrageous costumes and the egos writ large of a French royal coronation.
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