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Amiens Cathedral is the largest gothic structure in France. This enormous building has a surface area of 7,700 m2 and can shelter 10,000 people within its walls, or the population of Amiens during the Middle Ages. A veritable feat of architecture, Amiens cathedral is one of the largest in Europe and was listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1981.
Amiens Cathedral is the largest gothic structure in France. This enormous building has a surface area of 7,700 m2 and can shelter 10,000 people within its walls, or the population of Amiens during the Middle Ages. A veritable feat of architecture, Amiens cathedral is one of the largest in Europe and was listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1981.
Amiens est une commune française, préfecture du département de la Somme en région Hauts-de-France.
Capitale historique de la Picardie, elle est, avec ses 134 706 habitants (au dernier recensement en 2019) appelés Amiénois, la principale ville du département, la deuxième de la région après Lille et la vingt-septième de France.
Surnommée la « petite Venise du Nord » en raison des nombreux canaux qui la traversent et des hortillonnages (ensemble de jardins flottants couvrant 300 hectares),
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Amiens Cathedral is the largest gothic structure in France. This enormous building has a surface area of 7,700 m2 and can shelter 10,000 people within its walls, or the population of Amiens during the Middle Ages. A veritable feat of architecture, Amiens cathedral is one of the largest in Europe and was listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1981.
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-- L’horloge Dewailly, détail présentant l'oeuvre du sculpteur Albert Roze que les Amiénois ont baptisée « Marie Sans Chemise ».
-- Détail du porche de la cathédrale au final du spectacle commémorant le 800è anniversaire de l'édifice.
-- Chapiteau d'angle orné de diables de l'abbaye Saint-Martin-aux-Jumeaux d'Amiens (XIIè siècle). Musée de Picardie.
-- Un vendredi soir dans le quartier Saint-Leu.
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens (French: Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Amiens (currently Jean-Luc Bouilleret). It is situated on a slight ridge overlooking the River Somme in Amiens, the administrative capital of the Picardy region of France, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Paris. It is the 19th largest church in the world.[citation needed]
Medieval cathedral builders were trying to maximize the internal dimensions in order to reach for the heavens and bring in more light. In that regard, the Amiens cathedral is the tallest complete cathedral in France, its stone-vaulted nave reaching an internal height of 42.30 metres (138.8 ft) (surpassed only by the incomplete Beauvais Cathedral). It also has the greatest interior volume of any French cathedral, estimated at 200,000 cubic metres (260,000 cu yd). The cathedral was built between 1220 and c.1270 and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981.[5] Although it has lost most of its original stained glass, Amiens Cathedral is renowned for the quality and quantity of early 13th-century Gothic sculpture in the main west façade and the south transept portal, and a large quantity of polychrome sculpture from later periods inside the building.
La cathédrale Notre-Dame d’Amiens souffle ses 800 bougies en 2020. Débuté au XIIè siècle, le joyau gothique est inscrit deux fois au patrimoine mondial de l’Unesco. En 1981 pour son architecture et en 1998 comme monument étape sur les chemins de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle.
Avec ses 145 mètres de long et sa flèche qui culmine à 112 mètres de hauteur c’est le plus vaste édifice gothique français jamais construit. La construction aura duré soixante ans et impliqué des milliers d’hommes et des centaines de corps de métiers. Amiens fête la pose de la première pierre de l’édifice depuis le 24 novembre 2019 et jusqu'au 22 novembre 2020.
" Une dentelle de pierre ". C'est ainsi qu'est décrite la façade occidentale de la Cathédrale Notre-Dame par John Ruskin, auteur de "La Bible d'Amiens".
La statuaire est exceptionnelle avec plus de 700 statues à contempler à l'extérieur. Chaque personnage, chaque chimère, chaque quadrilobe a sa place et raconte une histoire.
C'est aussi la plus vaste cathédrale jamais construite avec 7700 m² de surface et 200 000 m³ de volume. Elle peut contenir 2 fois Notre-Dame de Paris.
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens (French: Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Amiens (currently Jean-Luc Bouilleret). It is situated on a slight ridge overlooking the River Somme in Amiens, the administrative capital of the Picardy region of France, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Paris. It is the 19th largest church in the world.[citation needed]
Medieval cathedral builders were trying to maximize the internal dimensions in order to reach for the heavens and bring in more light. In that regard, the Amiens cathedral is the tallest complete cathedral in France, its stone-vaulted nave reaching an internal height of 42.30 metres (138.8 ft) (surpassed only by the incomplete Beauvais Cathedral). It also has the greatest interior volume of any French cathedral, estimated at 200,000 cubic metres (260,000 cu yd). The cathedral was built between 1220 and c.1270 and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981.[5] Although it has lost most of its original stained glass, Amiens Cathedral is renowned for the quality and quantity of early 13th-century Gothic sculpture in the main west façade and the south transept portal, and a large quantity of polychrome sculpture from later periods inside the building.
Amiens Cathedral is the largest gothic structure in France. This enormous building has a surface area of 7,700 m2 and can shelter 10,000 people within its walls, or the population of Amiens during the Middle Ages. A veritable feat of architecture, Amiens cathedral is one of the largest in Europe and was listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1981.
Les hortillonnages d'Amiens (en picard : ches hortillonnaches Anmiens) sont un espace de 300 hectares d'anciens marais situés à l'est de la ville d'Amiens et sur les territoires des communes de Rivery, Camon et Longueau, aménagés (au Moyen Âge, probablement dès le xiie siècle) pour créer des champs utilisables pour la culture maraîchère.
Le site des hortillonnages résulte de l'aménagement par l'homme du milieu naturel marécageux très probablement au moyen âge à la suite des équipements (moulins. Barrages) de la Somme. Il est alimenté par les eaux de la Somme et de son affluent l'Avre. Les hortillonnages sont formés d'une multitude d'îles alluvionnaires, les « aires » entourées de 65 kilomètres de voies d'eau, les « rieux » (nom des canaux des hortillonnages en picard) et de fossés qui servent au drainage et à l'irrigation. Ils portent des noms pittoresques : la Cauchiette (la chaussée), le Peuple (peuplier), le rieu à Galets, le rieu de la Crosse, du Gouverneur, du Pont cassé, du Tournet, de la Broquette, du Malaquis...
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens (French: Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Amiens (currently Jean-Luc Bouilleret). It is situated on a slight ridge overlooking the River Somme in Amiens, the administrative capital of the Picardy region of France, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Paris. It is the 19th largest church in the world.[citation needed]
Medieval cathedral builders were trying to maximize the internal dimensions in order to reach for the heavens and bring in more light. In that regard, the Amiens cathedral is the tallest complete cathedral in France, its stone-vaulted nave reaching an internal height of 42.30 metres (138.8 ft) (surpassed only by the incomplete Beauvais Cathedral). It also has the greatest interior volume of any French cathedral, estimated at 200,000 cubic metres (260,000 cu yd). The cathedral was built between 1220 and c.1270 and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981.[5] Although it has lost most of its original stained glass, Amiens Cathedral is renowned for the quality and quantity of early 13th-century Gothic sculpture in the main west façade and the south transept portal, and a large quantity of polychrome sculpture from later periods inside the building.