Discovery of an old chapel transformed into an amphitheatre

Name: Discovery of an old chapel transformed into an amphitheatre
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Établissement catholique Saint-André - Ancienne chapelle du Petit Séminaire

Visit the old chapel of the Petit Séminaire de Reims and admire its magnificent stained glass windows dating from the beginning of the 20th century.

Saturday 17 September 2022, 14:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

©Jean-Olivier Jouve

Visit the old chapel of the Petit Séminaire de Reims and admire its magnificent stained glass windows dating from the beginning of the 20th century.

To discover:

The 10 twin bays of the nave, representing the great figures of the diocese of Rheims;
The large stained glass window of the choir representing Ascension;
The statue of the Virgin with the Child.

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Visite libre

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Gratuit

About the location

Établissement catholique Saint-André - Ancienne chapelle du Petit Séminaire

33 rue Raymond Guyot, 51100 Reims

Marne
Grand Est

This old(former) chapel of the Small Seminary(Seminar) of Reims was redeployed to amphitheatre(lecture hall) Charles Rogelet. Stained-glass windows are the work of Pierre-Paul and Jacques Simon (1923-25). In the nave represent ten great figures of the diocese of Reims, while the big(great) stained-glass window of the chorus(choir) restored in 2015-16 represents the Ascension of the Lord. They also find a statue of the Madonna and Child restored in 2012.