ARCHITECT, French (active 1160s in Reims) |
Interior view1150sPhoto Abbey Church of Saint-Remi, Reims (Marne) | |
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The Abbey of Saint-Remi was founded in the sixth century. Since 1099 it has conserved the relics of Saint Remi (Remigius), the Bishop of Reims who converted Clovis, King of the Franks, to Christianity at Christmas in 496. The present basilica was the abbey church; it was consecrated by Pope Leo IX in 1049. The eleventh-century nave and transepts, in the Romanesque style, are the oldest; the façade of the south transept is the most recent. The photo shows the 11th-century nave, rebuilt and vaulted in the second half of the 12th century. View the ground plan of the Abbey Church of Saint-Remi, Reims. | |
