Attractions and Places To See around Pomacle - Top 20

Louis Roederer is a renowned champagne house founded in 1776 as Dubois Père & Fils, inherited and renamed by Louis Roederer in 1833. It remains one of the few independent, family-run brands, still led by the seventh generation. It is famous for its Cristal label, a vintage produced only in great years, when the Chardonnay (about 40%) and Pinot Noir (about 60%) blends are perfectly ripe. Cristal ages in the cellar for six years and rests for eight months after disgorgement. Its historic headquarters on Boulevard Lundy were built between 1852 and 1854. Architect Édouard Thiérot designed a veritable palace, in neoclassical style, composed of four buildings enclosed within a courtyard surrounded by a porticoed gallery. The entrance is crowned by a pediment bearing the Louis Roederer monogram. The two side wings house the old cellars. Its 250 hectares of vineyards are distributed exclusively in the Grands and Premiers Crus of the Marne. www.louis-roederer.com

Under the central arch is a calendar depicting the activities and tasks of agriculture and viticulture: grape pressing, harvesting, etc. A calendar can be seen here through the carved reliefs. Under the eastern arch, we can see a she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus. According to legend, it was Remus who founded Reims. Finally, under the western arch, we can see Leda being seduced by Jupiter.

This ancient monument is one of the longest in the Roman world: it is approximately 32 meters long and 12 meters high! The Mars Gate was built towards the end of the 2nd century and is the only one of the four monumental arches providing access to the city of Durocortorum that has survived. It consists of three arcades. The central arch carried the city's major north-south axis, intended for the passage of carriages. The two side arcades were used by pedestrians.

The monument survived destruction because it was walled up inside the Archbishop's castle in the 13th century, which inadvertently preserved it for future generations.

The Porte de Mars is a 3rd-century Roman monument in Reims, France, representing the widest arch in the entire Roman world at 33 meters long and 13 meters high. Originally built as one of four monumental arches at the cardinal entrances to ancient Durocortorum, it's the only surviving example of these grand structures. The arch features three decorated archways with intricate relief carvings, including scenes of Romulus and Remus with the she-wolf, agricultural calendars showing Gallic harvesters, and mythological figures like Leda and Zeus.

The market's glass roof was specifically designed to maximize natural lighting for vendors and shoppers, a progressive architectural feature for its time that eliminated the need for artificial lighting during daylight hours.

The Halles du Boulingrin in Reims is a historic covered market built in the late 19th century for the 1900 Universal Exhibition, designed by architects Émile Bénard and Victor Laloux in Neo-Renaissance style with Art Nouveau elements. The building features exceptional architecture including triangular arcades, multicolored brick arches, marble columns, bronze decorative sculptures, and large glass windows that flood the interior with natural light. Today it serves as both a functioning market offering regional specialties like fresh local produce, artisanal cheeses, and Champagne, and as a cultural venue hosting conferences and concerts.

The building once operated as an inn called "Le Coq Royal" (The Royal Rooster), and Rue de Tambour was originally the only access route to the old cloth market square since Rue Colbert didn't exist until 1772.