Exhibition: «Ancient ramparts of Reims»

Name: Exhibition: «Ancient ramparts of Reims»
Start: 2022-09-17T13:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Butte Saint-Nicaise

Come discover or rediscover the 14th century enclosure through a series of panels made from old plans and drawings by Jacques-Joseph Maquart dating from the 19th century.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

©J. Driol

Come discover or rediscover the 14th century enclosure through a series of panels made from old plans and drawings by Jacques-Joseph Maquart dating from the 19th century.

This research work of the GEACA was done in collaboration with the laboratories GEGENAA/URCA and CRESTIC/URCA.

Types d'événement

Exposition

Thème 2022

No selection

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Butte Saint-Nicaise

Boulevard Diancourt, 51100 Reims

Marne
Grand Est

The motto of Rheims «God be kept» would translate a vow of Louis the Debonnarian, formulated during his coronation in 816\. The latter advocated the destruction of the fortifications in order to recover the stones, at the beginning of the Viking raids!
Four enclosures were built successively through time: around 50 BC, in the 4th and 14th centuries. Today, only this butte pierced by a poterne and surmounted by the «Tower of the Well» remains.
Wanted by Philippe Auguste, the fortification, completed in 1358, included the village of Saint-Rémi, its abbey and that of Saint-Nicaise.