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Reims
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Definition:a city in the Grand Est region of France, lies 129 km (80 mi) east-northeast of Paris. [...]Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire. Reims played a prominent ceremonial role in French monarchical history as the traditional site of the crowning of the kings of France. The Cathedral of Reims (damaged by the Germans during the First World War but restored since) housed the Holy Ampulla (Sainte Ampoule) containing the Saint Chrême (chrism), allegedly brought by a white dove (the Holy Spirit) at the baptism of Clovis in 496. It was used for the anointing, the most important part of the coronation of French kings.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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He had devoured the newspapers, chuckling over the photographs of the German generals signing the papers at Rheims.
Irwin Shaw. Rich Man, Poor Man (1959)
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"I heard the Group was over here, near Reims, so I hitched a ride back to Cherbourg in a Liberty ship that was carrying ammunition and ten-in-one rations. I took two days off in Paris, on my own, except that a Second Lieutenant who hasn't been paid in a couple of months might as well be dead as be in Paris, and here I am..."
Irwin Shaw. The Young Lions, p.607 (1948)
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“Don’t you remember Swann’s telling us yesterday that his wife and daughter had gone off to Rheims and that he was taking the opportunity of spending a day or two in Paris? [...]"
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 1]
(also mentioned in volumes 2,3,4,7)
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