 Façade of Notre-Dame de Reims
The city of Rheims lies in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northeastern France 129 km (80 miles) east-northeast of Paris.
Rheims played a very prominent role in French monarchical history as the traditional site of the crowning of the kings of France. Thus the Cathedral of Rheims (damaged by the Germans during the First World War but restored since) played the same role in France as Westminster Abbey did in England. It housed the Holy Ampulla (Sainte Ampoule) containing the Saint Chrême (chrism), allegedly brought by a white dove (the Holy Spirit) at the baptism of Clovis in 496, and used for the anointing, the most important part of the coronation of French kings.
The principal squares of Rheims include the Place Royale, with a statue of Louis XV, and the Place Cardinal-Luçon, with an equestrian statue of Joan of Arc. The Rue de Vesle, the chief street, continued under other names, traverses the town from southwest to northwest, passing through the Place Royale.
Place Drouet d'Erlon in the city centre contains many lively restaurants and bars, and several attractive statues and fountains. During the summer it fills with people sitting outside the many cafés enjoying the summer sun, and in December it has a lively and charming[citation needed] Christmas market.
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