Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral in Reims, Marne, France (@ Sylvain Sonnet/Corbis)

Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral in Reims, Marne, France (@ Sylvain Sonnet/Corbis)

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• Underneath these arches and vaulted ceilings, the French used to crown their kings.""Say bonjour to Our Lady of Rheims
• This Gothic beauty recently celebrated 800 years of reaching for the heavens.""The celebrations really lit up the place
• Within cork-popping distance of this cathedral, a grand dame put the local bubbly on the map.""Who are we raising a toast to?
• The nearby Surrender Museum is where the German Wehrmacht unconditionally laid down their arms in 1945.""Will we give up our location?