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==Architecture== [[File:Cathédrale de Reims et Palais du Tau.jpg|thumb|[[Reims cathedral]] and [[Palace of Tau]]|200x200px]][[File:Basilique Saint-Remi de Reims, Southwest view 20140306 1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Basilica of Saint-Remi]]|180x180px]] [[Reims Cathedral]] is an example of [[French Gothic architecture]]. The [[Basilica of Saint-Remi]], founded in the 11th century "over the chapel of St. Christophe where [[St. Remi]] was buried",<ref name="The National Geographic Traveler: France">{{Cite book|title=The National Geographic Traveler: France|year = 1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZfWAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> is "the largest [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] church in northern France, though with later additions."<ref name="The National Geographic Traveler: France"/> The Church of Saint-Jacques dates from the 13th to the 16th centuries. A few blocks from the cathedral, it stands {{as of | 2009 | lc = on}} in a neighbourhood of shopping and restaurants. The churches of Saint-Maurice (partly rebuilt in 1867), Saint-André,<ref name=EB1911/> and Saint-Thomas (erected from 1847 to 1853, under the patronage of [[Cardinal Gousset]], now buried within its walls<ref name=EB1911/>) also draw tourists. {{multiple image | align = left | width = 180 | direction = vertical | image1 = Reims, die Manège.JPG | image2 = Reims, the Manège.JPG | footer = The [[Reims Manège and Circus]] }} [[File:Reims - temple (13).JPG|thumb|A stained glass window of the [[Protestant Church of Reims]]|267x267px]]The [[Protestant Church of Reims]], built in 1921–1923 over designs by [[Charles Letrosne]], is an example of [[flamboyant]] neo-Gothic architecture. The [[Hôtel de Ville, Reims|Hôtel de Ville]], erected in the 17th century and enlarged in the 19th, features a [[pediment]] with an equestrian statue of [[Louis XIII]] (reigned 1610 to 1643).<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911|wstitle=Reims|inline=1}}</ref> [[Narcisse Brunette]] was the architect of the city for nearly 50 years in the 19th century. He designed the [[Reims Manège and Circus]], which "combines stone and brick in a fairly sober classical composition."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Architecture in France, 1800–1900|page=92|author1=Lemoine, Bertrand|author2=Bonfante-Warren, Alexandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7dVPAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|isbn=9780810940901}}</ref> Examples of [[Art Deco]] in Reims include the [[Carnegie Library of Reims|Carnegie library]]. The [[Foujita Chapel]], built in 1965–1966 over designs and with frescos by Japanese–French artist [[Tsuguharu Foujita]], has been listed as a ''[[monument historique]]'' since 1992.<ref name="gouv">{{Base Mérimée|PA00078928|Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix}}</ref> {{Clear}}
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