Reims - Town Center

The elongated Place Drouet-d-Erlon forms the busy town center in Reims. At its southern end stands the 12th-16th C. church of St-Jacques; inside can be seen modern windows by Vieira da Silva. On its northern side Place Drouet-d'Erlon opens into Square Colbert. A bronze statue (1860) is in memory of the Reims-born statesman Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-83).

The Chapelle Notre Dame de la Paix, in Rue Champs-du-Mars, was consecrated in 1966, and was decorated by the Japanese artist Léonard Foujita (1886-1968).