Amiens (France)

Amiens is a city in the north of France, 120km north of Paris. It is the préfecture (capital city) of the Somme département. Population: 120,000.

Amiens cathedral (a World Heritage Site) is the tallest of the large 'classic' Gothic churches of the 13th century and is the largest in France of its kind. After a fire destroyed the former cathedral, the new nave was built 1220 - finished 1247. Amiens is notable for the coherence of its plan, the beauty of its three-tier interior elevation, the particularly fine display of sculptures on the principal facade and in the south transept, and the labyrinth and other inlays of its floor.

The ten closest neighbours in the database:

Paris (France) (115 km), Reims (France) (144 km), Brussels (Belgium) (180 km), Verdun (France) (237 km), London (Great Britian) (246 km), Aachen (Germany) (286 km), Maginot Fort Hackenberg (299 km), Le Mont-Saint-Michel (France) (310 km), Cologne (Germany) (350 km), Bonn (Germany) (353 km)

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Half-timbered house across from the Amiens Cathedral
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