Curiosities of Amiens, part II !!!

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I take you now up north to the old Picardie, now Hauts de France region and a very nice city with a lot of history of the struggle to be free in world wars.  This is Amiens ,in the Somme dept 80 of my belle France. We have been here all over , but need to tell you more with older paper pictures found in my vault. I would to tell you about the curiosities of Amiens, part II  !!! Hope you enjoy this post as I. The Cathedral Notre Dame of Amiens has lost most of its original stained glass, but it remains famous for its 13C Gothic sculptures adorning its western facade and the portal of the Golden Virgin on the south facade of the transept, as well as the stalls, work of art in cabinetry. Its architectural unity is evident, except for the upper parts of the two towers. The elevation of the nave of the choir and the transept reflects the ingenuity and boldness of the builders. It is 145 meters long ,with an arrow top at 112 meters, the nave vaults are 42 meters high.  It is estimated at 200,000 cubic meters in the interior space, more than double that of Notre Dame de Paris! Begun at the crossroads of the transept in 1220, the structural work was completed less than fifty years later, in 1269, and the frame was laid between 1284 and 1305. Wonderfully beautiful, a must to see in France !  One of the largest classical Gothic churches of the 13C. Amiens Cathédrale Notre Dame facade Amiens cathédrale Notre Dame side from garden The horloge Dewailly clock and Marie-Sans-Chemise (or mary without shirt) has a nice story in Amiens, The story goes that in 1892 Louis Dewailly, mayor of Amiens from 1873 to 1874, donated to the city of 25,000 francs to install in Place Gambetta a clock intended to give the time to the most modest Amiens, not having a watch to tell time. The clock is inaugurated on August 4, 1896, at Place Gambetta, but the statue was not up until 1898. The Printemps or spring, is the statue of the base, was renamed Marie Sans Chemise. At the bombing of WWII, it was put back in a road deposit on Boulevard de Beauvillé. Only the statue of spring was saved in 1965. It is placed on a base, at the corner of the rue Dusevel and rue des sergeants, also called Place Marie Sans Chemise, where the current clock is today. And see Cathedral back  ! Amiens horloge Dewailly near cathédrale Notre Dame The maison du Pèlerin, place Notre-Dame, in front of the cathedral in Amiens. It is actually not a house in the Middle Ages, but the early 20C. Created in 1904, the house survive WWII . It is in Néogothic style, A row of houses of this style existed between these two buildings but the bombings of WWII destroyed them. Only the Maison du Pélerin or Pilgrim’s house remains, with wooden sides, and the house where Edmond Douillet lived. Amiens la maison du pélerin The official Notre Dame Cathedral of Amiens : https://www.cathedrale-amiens.fr/en/ The City of Amiens on culture and heritage : https://www.amiens.fr/Vivre-a-Amiens/Culture-Patrimoine The city of Amiens on its the Dewailly clock: https://www.amiens.fr/Grands-projets/Aronnax/Etapes/etape-14/L-horloge-Dewailly-anglais There you go folks, we came toAmiensfor the arts ;the history, the heritage. Nice city,and still in the off the beaten path trail of my belle France, Again, hope you enjoy the post on the curiosities of Amiens, part II as I. And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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