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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by Crete 



RHEIMS CATHEDRAE, BEST BEEOVED SHRINE IN ERANCE, BEEORE ITS BAPTISM OE EIRE 



Happily, German guns did not destroy all the beauty of this wonderful cathedral. The 

 Rose Window is gone, however, and many of the 550 statues which adorned the portals. 

 Many kings of France were crowned here. A statue of Jeanne d'Arc stands before the 

 entrance, recalling the historic incident of the part played by the Maid of Orleans in the 

 coronation of Charles VII in this cathedral. A copy of the statue now stands in Meridian 

 Hill Park, Washington. 



