2025.08.14.196 REIMS - Cathédrale Notre-Dame. Façade. L'ange au sourire (Décapité par les obus allemands en 1914) restauré dans les années 20.

            L'Ange au Sourire, dénommé aussi Sourire de Reims, est une statue sculptée vers 1240.
L'Ange est décapité par une poutre de l'échafaudage en flammes, lors de l'incendie de la cathédrale de Reims, le 19 septembre 1914[6]. Après une chute de quatre mètres cinquante, sa tête se brise au sol en plus d’une vingtaine de morceaux.
La tête de l’Ange au Sourire est ramassée par l’abbé Thinot, dès le lendemain de l’incendie, et mise en sûreté dans les caves de l'archevêché de Reims.. C'est là qu'elle est découverte par l'architecte Max Sainsaulieu, le 30 novembre 1915.
À partir des nombreux fragments d’origine et d’un moulage conservé au musée des monuments français, hébergé dans la Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (ancien Palais du Trocadéro), cette célèbre figure est reconstituée et remise à sa place, le 13 février 1926.

The Smiling Angel, also known as the Smile of Reims, is a statue sculpted around 1240.
The Angel was decapitated by a beam of burning scaffolding during the fire at Reims Cathedral on September 19, 1914.[6] After falling four and a half meters, its head shattered on the ground into more than twenty pieces. The head of the Smiling Angel was collected by Abbé Thinot the day after the fire and placed safely in the cellars of the Archbishopric of Reims. It was there that it was discovered by the architect Max Sainsaulieu on November 30, 1915.
From numerous original fragments and a cast preserved at the Museum of French Monuments, housed in the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (formerly the Palais du Trocadéro), this famous figure was reconstructed and returned to its original location on February 13, 1926.
   

Taken in: France / Grand Est / Arrondissement de Reims / Gallia Belgica (Roman province) (show map)

Taken on: August 14, 2025

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