Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Cost and Hours:
Free; Tue-Wed and Sat 10:00-13:00 & 14:00-18:00, Thu-Fri
14:00-19:00, closed Sun-Mon; Place Carnegie, tel. 03 26 77 81 41.
Getting There:
Fromthestation,taketram#Aor#BtotheOpérastopandwalkfive
minutes, or take Citadine bus #2 to the Carnegie stop.
Visiting the Library:
Visitorsarewelcometopokearoundbutareaskednottoenter
the reading room. In the onyx-laden entry hall, small marble mosaics celebrate different
fields of knowledge, and a chandelier hangs down like the sleek dress of a circa 1920s
flapper. Peek through the reading room door to admire the stained-glass windows of this
temple of thought. The gorgeous wood-paneled card-catalogue room takes older visitors
back to their childhoods. Go ahead, finger the laboriously created typewritten files, and
imagine the technology available back in 1928, the year the library was inaugurated.
Reims' main square recalls the forum or market that marked the center of the ancient city.
LegendhasitthatReimswasfoundedbyRemus(brotherofRomulus),andsothetribethat
lived here came to be called “Remes.” This old town of 50,000 people was the capital of
the Roman province of Gaullia-Belgica. From Place du Forum, you can climb down steps
