Notre-Dame de Reims, also known as Notre-Dame de la Paix, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Reims, France. It is located on the site of a 1st-century Roman basilica and a 5th-century cathedral, traces of which remain in the crypt. The cathedral was long the burial place for the French Kings, and the Abbey of Saint-Remi, a Benedictine monastery, was founded at the site in the 5th century and completed in the early 12th century. The present cathedral was built as a replacement for a mid-11th century structure, traces of which remain in the crypt.