Guided tour of Reims la Magnifique

Name: Guided tour of Reims la Magnifique
Start: 2022-09-16T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Gare de Reims

Discover the amazing history of this station, from its beginnings to the way it went through the two world wars.

16 and 17 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Register online from 1 September.

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@Jérome Loizillon

Discover the amazing history of this station, from its beginnings to the way it went through the two world wars.

Reims la Magnifique on the outside, Reims le insolite on the inside.
You can discover the station, the shooting range located under the hall, an exhibition of photographs in the basement, the anti-aircraft shelters of the Second World War (cellars arranged as shelters during the war). Some archives will be presented, you can admire the steam locomotive, or learn more about the history of the locomotive 140C313 in Reims station.

About the location

Gare de Reims

Place de la gare, 51100 Reims

Marne
Grand Est

The beautiful train station of Reims offers us its 95 meters of facade since 1860\. Its architecture was thought like that of a palace. A central pavilion, on the left the Paris pavilion and on the right the Charleville pavilion: three pavilions attached by a huge corridor and unique ornaments in the East of France for a railway establishment.
These are all assets that have earned her the nickname of Reims la Magnifique. She still bears the stigma of the turbulent periods of French history. It is enough to approach the facade to find many small holes. So many bullets, shells or gunfire from the First World War.