Shrapnel and collapsing structural elements shattered stained glass windows and destroyed pillars and statuary on both sides of the cathedral, decapitating the famous “smiling angel” of Reims.

A German artillery shell hits the cathedral "Collier's New Photographic History of the World's War" (1919) via Wikicommons For nearly a millennium, the French city of Reims was synonymous with its ...

More than a century after being severely damaged by German bombing raids, the Cathedral of Reims in France has been fitted with three new stained glass windows designed by the German artist Imi ...