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 | | The oldest monument in Reims is the Porte de Mars ("Mars Gate", so called from a temple to Mars (god)Mars in the neighbourhood), a triumphal arch 108 ft. in length by 43 in height, consisting of three archways flanked by columns. |
 | | Clovis IClovis, after his victory at Soissons (486), was baptized by Rémi/ (Saint), the bishop of Reims, in a ceremony with the oil of the sacred phial which was believed to have been brought from heaven by a dove for the baptism of Clovis and was preserved in the abbey of St. Remi. |
 | | A revolt at Reims, caused by the salt tax in 1461, was cruelly repressed by Louis XI of FranceLouis XI. |
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