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    The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens (French: Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral. The...
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    of 2021. A central landmark of the city is Amiens Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral in France. Amiens also has one of the largest university hospitals...
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    Amiens Cathedral, have been reconstructed, and the labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral still exists essentially in its original form. Gargoyle of Amiens Cathedral...
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    Gothic cathedrals in the Rayonnant style included Reims Cathedral, Amiens Cathedral, Bourges Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral, and Beauvais Cathedral. The...
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    six-figure range. The ground plan design of Cologne Cathedral was based closely on that of Amiens Cathedral, as is the style and the width to height proportion...
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    are the great Gothic cathedrals of France, including Notre-Dame Cathedral, Reims Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral, and Amiens Cathedral. Its main characteristics...
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    Amiens, who arranged to have it carried to Amiens Cathedral. The veneration of Saint Fermin was of great religious and economic importance to Amiens during...
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    ("Radiant"} to the style. The first major church built in the new style was Amiens Cathedral (1220-1271). Later examples include Sainte-Chapelle, the royal chapel...
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    Durham Cathedral Layout The Plans of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse and Amiens Cathedral St. Patrick's Cathedral Floorplan (Armagh) Exeter Cathedral Floorplan...
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    refined style, High Gothic, characterised by Chartres Cathedral, Reims Cathedral, and Amiens Cathedral. A third period, called Rayonnante in France, was more...
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    at Amiens Cathedral using projected light. Statue-columns of Old Testament figures, west porch of Chartres Cathedral (1145–55) Portals of Amiens Cathedral...
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    Cathedral interior The three levels of the interior of Bourges Cathedral Interior of Reims Cathedral The three levels and vaults of Amiens Cathedral The...
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    Saint Honoratus of Amiens (Honoré, sometimes Honorius) (died 16 January ca. 600) was the seventh bishop of Amiens. His feast day is May 16 (Honoratus of...
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    designers had the ambition to make it the largest gothic cathedral in France ahead of Amiens. Victim of two collapses, one in the 13th century, the other...
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    History". Washington National Cathedral. Archived from the original on 16 January 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015. "Amiens Cathedral". International Database and...
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    both of them. The design found inspiration in the Amiens Cathedral (France) and the Cologne Cathedral (Germany). Its style belongs to the Gothic Revival...
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    King of France, known for working on Amiens Cathedral. In 1475 Tarisel was summoned to inspect Noyon Cathedral, which was deteriorating in many places...
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    Eucharist. Metz Cathedral has the third-highest nave of cathedrals in France (41.41 meters (135.9 ft)), after the cathedrals of Amiens and Beauvais . It...
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    Wulfia and other variants; d. 8th century AD) of Amiens is a Christian saint, venerated particularly at Amiens. Her feast day is January 31. Ulphia was said...
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    (wedge brick) with a capping stone atop, e.g. at Amiens Cathedral, Le Mans Cathedral, and Beauvais Cathedral. The architectural design of Late Gothic buildings...
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    generosity, friendship, chastity, chivalry, and piety. The North rose of Amiens Cathedral (built in the 13th century) exhibits a pentagram-based motif. Some...
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    the four-part rib vault, which was used in Chartres Cathedral, Amiens Cathedral and Reims Cathedral. The ribs of this vault distributed the weight more...
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    wall surface, emerging in works such as the Gothic architecture of Amiens Cathedral or Westminster Abbey, where their clerestories account for nearly a...
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    and a swastika floor mosaic in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Amiens, which was built on top of a pagan site at Amiens, France in the 13th century, is considered...
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    flèche of Amiens Cathedral is 148 feet (45 m) high. The highest flèche in the world was built at the end of the 19th century for Rouen Cathedral, 157 metres...
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    Cathedral, Dijon Cathedral, Reims Cathedral, Saint-Sulpice, Paris, Basilique du Sacre-Coeur, Strasbourg Cathedral, Eglise de la Madeleine, and Amiens...
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    the tallest cathedral is Cologne Cathedral (157.4 m) in Cologne, Germany. The tallest Eastern Orthodox, as well as the tallest domed cathedral, will be People's...
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    Strassburg Cathedral. 1905 Northern France and Northern Italy (July). Included visits to Amiens, Paris, Milan, Venice, Vicenza. Sites visited included Amiens Cathedral;...
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    heritage includes some of the most extraordinary Gothic churches (Amiens and Beauvais cathedrals or Saint-Quentin basilica), distinctive local cuisine (including...
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    Arts, Paris Stained glass windows by Jean Gaudin (1932–1934), Amiens Cathedral, Amiens, France Like the Art Nouveau period before it, Art Deco was an...
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