Reims - St Rémi

In Reims, on the south side of the town is the former abbey church of St Rémi, the oldest church in Reims and one of the finest Early Romanesque churches in northern France. It was built between 1005 and 1049 on the site of an earlier Carolingian church and was given a Gothic vaulted roof in 1162-1182. The choir and the west front are Early Gothic, the south transept Late Gothic (c 1506). The church, which was badly damaged during the First World War, contains the tomb of St Rémi (Remigius).