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Ruinart is the oldest established champagne house, exclusively producing champagne since 1729. Founded by Nicolas Irénée Ruinart in the Champagne region in the city of Reims, it is currently owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA.
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Museum with a wide range of cars, including rare marques from the region.
A Romanesque church some way south of the centre of town.
A public library in Art Deco style.
Was the archbishop's palace and retains a 13c Palatine chapel.
Notre-Dame de Reims
The French equivalent, somewhat, for England's Westminster Abbey, the cathedral at Reims was the church in which numerous French monarchs were officially crowned. Reims is one of the later Gothic cathedrals and renowned for its height. There is a fine interior west facade with carvings of Biblical scenes; some fine 13c stained glass in the high windows of the nave and choir; and windows by Marc Chagall (in the eastern chapel) and the two local artists Jacques and Brigitte Simon. The south transept window by Jacques Simon shows themes linked with champagne including a portrait of the monk who invented it, Dom Perignon.