Notre Dame de Reims, Bashny.Net

Reims is world famous for its cathedral of Notre Dame (Notre Dame). Construction of the cathedral lasted from 1211 by 1285. There were crowned almost all the kings of France, including Charles VII in the presence of Maid of Orleans (Joan of Arc).
The tradition of the coronation in Reims goes back to the year 498, when there was an appeal Frankish king Clovis to Catholicism, which determined the historical fate of France for many centuries.
Reims Cathedral - the most striking monument to the mature period of the French Gothic. A lasting impression is made by stained glass windows of the Cathedral, part of which - the famous work of Marc Chagall. Some stained glass for hundreds of years.