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Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
Amiens Cathedrale
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+33 3 22 80 03 41

Hours:
Sunday8:30am - 5:15pm
Monday8:30am - 5:15pm
Tuesday8:30am - 5:15pm
Wednesday8:30am - 5:15pm
Thursday8:30am - 5:15pm
Friday8:30am - 5:15pm
Saturday8:30am - 5:15pm


The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens , or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Amiens. 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 north of Paris. 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 . It also has the greatest interior volume of any French cathedral, estimated at 200,000 cubic metres . The cathedral was built between 1220 and c.1270 and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981. 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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