"Reims Cathedral owes its arrangement to its purpose as the coronation church of the kings of France; for the nave and aisles of the western arm are broadened out in the eastern arm (finished 1241) into a nave and double aisles, so as to include the projecting transepts and thus give space for the coronation ceremonies; while the chevet has a ring of five chapels, similar to Westminster Abbey, the design of the which was largely inspired by this building." Fletcher, p. 601.
Keywords: France, Marne, ceremonial and/or religious structures, facades.