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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 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.
De gauche à droite :
-- 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.
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.
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Horloge Dewailly, Amiens
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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.
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...
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This building has a long story. For the townspeople of Amiens it is a symbol of their autonomy. In 1113 Amiens gained autonomy approved by the king Louis VI of France (1081-1137). But the Earl of Amiens, Enguerrand I de Coucy (1042 – 1116), didn't like that and his son Thomas de Marle, Lord of Coucy (1073-1130), didn't like that either, after he succeeded his father. So they made war on Amiens in 1115. The city fought against them and the Earls had to barricade themselves into an old Roman fortress in the middle of the city. Louis VI got angry and paid them a visit with his troops but he couldn't capture the fortress and thus the troops sieged the Earls for 2 years. Then the king's troops were victorious and they had the fortress razed to the ground. The townspeople built this belfry from 1406 to 1410 as a symbol of their autonomy. They used the bell tower to warn of fire or enemies (earls), as armoury and prison.
The belfry burned down in 1562 and in 1742. After the fire in 1742 it was rebuilt in 1749 and this time it looked like it looks today. So our version is like the 18th century version. They cast a bell called Marie-Firmine. It weighed 11 tonnes. Marie Firmine rang every hour.
In 1940 the evil Germans dropped bombs on the belfry and the roof burned down. The bell fell down and broke into pieces. The building was left in this pitiful state until 1989.
In 1989 the belfry was restored just the way it was in 1749. It is listed in the additional list of French historical monuments. And there were important changes from the original. The two mayors Amiens had in 1988 and 1989 had a sculptor include their portraits as mediaeval sculptures at the entrance of the belfry (not much has changed since the times of feudal systems) and the mayor of 1989 insisted they put in a carillon instead of an 11 tonnes bell. I have to admit, the latter was a good idea.
Amiens, city, capital of Somme département, Hauts-de-France région, principal city and ancient capital of Picardy, northern France, in the Somme River valley, north of Paris. Famed since the Middle Ages are its textile industry and its great Gothic cathedral of Notre-Dame, one of the finest in France.
Known as Samarobriva in pre-Roman times and capital of the Ambiani (whence the modern name), Amiens became a Roman city, Christianized in the 4th century by St. Firmin, its first bishop. Its territory became the medieval countship of Amiénois, and its citizens profited from rivalry between bishop and count to gain a charter early in the 12th century. The Peace of Amiens (1802) marked a short pause in the Napoleonic Wars. In 1914, after a brief incursion into the city, the invading Germans dug in 18 miles (29 km) east; their final drive in 1918 was stopped 8 miles (13 km) from the city. In World War II, Amiens was occupied by the Germans. After serious damage in both wars, the city centre was rebuilt.
The old part of Amiens, including the reconstructed 17th-century city hall, the 15th-century church of Saint-Germain, and the ancient theatre with the Louis XVI facade, is latticed with seven branches of the river.