Reims Notre Dame. What an AMAZING CHURCH! – Reims France – ECTV
Hey everybody, this is Eric Clark’s Travel Videos and I’m here in Reams, France and behind me is the Notradam of Rems Notredam and I’m going to show it to you and then we’ll go inside and take a look and we’ll share it with you. Here we go. So, this is the outside and it is amazing. I mean, look at all the little sculptures and all the stuff. It’s just incredible. And it’s a big boy. Let me show you what we’re looking at here. Good morning. Good morning. Wow. It’s huge. Wow. You can get a tour of it and they’ll take you to the top. I think I saw a video where they’ll take you to the top. And right over to the right of this is the palace. But I want to go this way first. I want to show you how long it is from the outside and the flying buttresses and all that stuff. And can you see the the gargoyle uh water spouts? I don’t know. I’ll stop right there and you can take a look. All right. Which is pretty amazing. Wow. That’s pretty amazing. Wow. And these have them too. All the gargoyles hanging off the sides. It’s pretty cool. All right, we’re going to have to be quiet in here. It’s a Sunday and church might be in session. Oh, okay. Shore. Look at the stained It’s amazing. Amazing. And look at all the I don’t want to be disrespectful, so I think I’m going to get out of here. It is an amazing church, though. [Music] Beautiful. Amazing. Wow. [Music] [Music] Look how far down that goes. All [Music] right, everybody. Thanks so much for coming along. Pretty incredible. [Music] Certainly worth coming and seeing. Bye, everybody.
Notre-Dame de Reims (/ˌnɒtrə ˈdɑːm, ˌnoʊtrə ˈdeɪm, ˌnoʊtrə ˈdɑːm/;[2][3][4] French: [nɔtʁə dam də ʁɛ̃s] ⓘ; meaning “Our Lady of Reims”),[a] known in English as Reims Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in the French city of the same name, the seat of the Archdiocese of Reims. The cathedral was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was the traditional location for the coronation of the kings of France. The cathedral is considered to be one of the most important works of Gothic architecture. A major tourist destination, it receives about a million visitors annually.[5] It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991.[6]
The cathedral is thought to have been founded by the bishop Nicasius in the early 5th century. Clovis was baptized a Christian here by Saint Remigius, the bishop of Reims, about a century later. He was the first Frankish king to receive this sacrament. Construction of the present cathedral began in the 13th century and concluded in the 14th century. A prominent example of High Gothic architecture, it was built to replace an earlier church destroyed by fire in 1210. Although little damaged during the French Revolution, the present cathedral saw extensive restoration in the 19th century. It was severely damaged during World War I and was again restored in the 20th century.
Since the 1905 law on the separation of Church and state, the cathedral has been owned by the French state, while the Catholic Church has an agreement for its exclusive use. The French state pays for its restoration and upkeep.[6]
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