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March 18, 2014 by Max Distro LLC

Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral, The Interior. Reims, France

Small Rose Window above Central Portal. Notre-Dame de Reims, The Interior. Reims, France

Small Rose Window above Central Portal. Notre-Dame de Reims, The Interior. Reims, France

I have previously written about the exterior of Nore Dame de Reims cathedral. This post takes us through the interior. As you walk through the central portal of the western facade you can look back and see the beautiful stained glass above the portal. Of great importance in the early days of Christianity in Gaul, Reims had a number of archbishops who were major figures in the Roman Catholic Church, canonized after their death. This was the case for the most famous among them, Rémi (440-533) the archbishop who baptized Clovis and instituted the Holy Anointing of Kings. The ceremony was fully established in the 12th century, and after that time almost all French sovereigns were consecrated at Reims. For the Royal Anointing, which took place in the town's cathedral, the Ampulla containing the Chrism, or holy oil, was brought from the Abbey of Saint-Rémi. Rémi, who died in 533, was buried in St Christopher's chapel, which was replaced in the 11th-12th centuries by a Benedictine abbey church. The current cathedral replaced an older church, destroyed by fire in 1211, that was built on the site of the basilica where Clovis was baptized by Saint Remi, bishop of Reims, in AD 496. The cathedral was rebuilt in the13th-14th century.

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Filed Under: Cathedrals & Churches, France, Reims Tagged With: Brigitte Simon-Marq, Cathedral, Clovis, France, Joan d'Arc, Joan of Arc, King Charles VII, Kurt Buzard MD, Louis the Pious, Marc Chagall, Notre Dame de Reims, Reims, Rose Window, Saint Remi, Stained Glass

September 17, 2013 by Max Distro LLC

Loire Valley and French History

Wine Regions of the Loire Valley

Wine Regions of the Loire Valley

The architectural heritage in the Loire Valley's historic towns is notable, especially its châteaux, such as the Château d'Amboise, Château de Chambord, Château de Chinon, Château du Rivau, Château d'Ussé, Château de Villandry and Chenonceau. The châteaux, numbering more than three hundred, represent a nation of builders starting with the necessary castle fortifications in the 10th century to the splendor of those built half a millennium later. When the French kings began constructing their huge châteaux here, the nobility, not wanting or even daring to be far from the seat of power, followed suit. Their presence in the lush, fertile valley began attracting the very best landscape designers and architects. The Loire Valley is an area steeped in history and because of its riches, one that has been fought over and influenced by a variety of adversaries from the Romans to Atila the Hun. The formation of the region as we know it today began after its conquest by Julius Caesar in 52 BC. It is however, Emperor Augustus who is credited with bringing peace and stability to the Loire Valley. This stability saw the growth of towns such as Orleans (Genabum), Tours (Caesarodunum), Le Mans (Noviodunum), Angers (Juliomagus), Bourges (Avaricum) and Chartres (Autricum). The Roman's greatest influence however might be considered to be the introduction of the first grape vines to the region, as shown in the wine AOC map shown above.

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Filed Under: France, History, Loire Valley Tagged With: Angevin Empire, Anjou, Aquitaine, Black Death, Blois, Brittany, Bubonic Plague, Burgundy, Calais, Castle of Angers, Castle of Chinon, Catherine de Medici, Catherine de Médicis, Catholic League, Chambord, Charlemagne, Charles VI of France, Charles VII, Charles VII of France, Château Chenonceau, Château Clos Lucé, Château d'Amboise, Château de Blois, Château de Chinon, Chenonceau, Chinon, Duke of Burgundy, Duke of Guise, Duke of Orléans, France, Francis I, French Religious Wars, Fulk III, Fulk IV, Fulk V, Gascony, Geoffrey V, Henry Curtmantle, Henry II, Henry II of England, Henry II of France, Henry III, Henry III of France, Henry IV, Henry IV of France, Henry of Navarre, Henry V of England, History, Hugenots, Hugh Capet, Joan d'Arc, Joan of Arc, King Henry III of England, King Philip VI, Lancasters, Leonardo da Vinci, Loire Valley, Maine, Nantes, Normandy, Orléans, Philip II Augustus, Plantagenêt, Poitou, Queen Claude of France, Richard the Lionheart, Touraine, Treaty of Verdun, Tudors, War of the Roses, William the Conquerer, Yorks

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