The Cathédrale Saint Pierre of Beauvais, part II !!!

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Well in my search in my cd rom vault found me more pictures of this wonderful cathedral and they should be in my blog for you and me, The city of Beauvais is in dept 60 of the Oise in the region of Hauts de France and in my belle France. I like to tell you a bit about Beauvais and its Cathedral. Therefore, let me tell you on Cathédrale Saint Pierre of Beauvais, part II !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I

The City of Beauvais is 53 km from Amiens, 54 km from Compiègne, 67 km from Paris and 72 km from Rouen, 97 km from Versailles ,and 583 km from my current home. I used to come here from Versailles by gettting on Rue de la Paroisse right on Rue des Reservoirs (D186) continue same road Bd du Roi to Place de la Loi left on Bd Saint Antoine which becomes Route de Saint Germain to connect with autoroute A13 by exit/sortie 6 dir Paris and bet off at exit/sortie 5 on the dupleix A86 autoroute dir Nanterre to exit/sortie 5 at Gennevilliers, taking the N315 road which becomes the A15 dir Rouen, but get off at exit/sortie 1 A115 or Francilienne road dir CDG but connect with the N184 road for a short while to connect with the A16 autoroute to exit/sortie 14 to Beauvais, Well panel roads easy driving me think.

The Saint-Pierre Cathedral is the highest Gothic choir in the world at 48.50 meters under vaulted ceilings. From 1569 to 1573, the cathedral was with its 153-meter tower the tallest human construction in the world. Its designers had the ambition to make it the largest Gothic cathedral in France ahead of that of Amiens. Victim of two collapses, one in the 13C, the other in the 16C, it remains unfinished today, only the choir and the transept have been built!  Around the year 290, the emperor Diocletian opposed to Christianity sent Latinus, Jarius and Antor to suppress the proselitism of Lucien and his two companions Maxian and Julian. Found by the Romans, they would have been beheaded in Montmille near Beauvais. A first chapel was built at the beginning of the 4C in the reconstructed city surrounded by walls, along the Roman road connecting Rouen to Reims. Saint Lucien is considered by Catholics as the first bishop of Beauvais.

The facade of the south transept is decorated with flamboyant Gothic sculpture. On each side, the facade is flanked by an octagonal turret rounded at the base with an internal staircase. The cornices are decorated with fantastic animals, grotesques, sculpted angels. The figure of King Francis I with an F surmounted by the royal crown is also carved there. The doors of the cathedral on the north side are carved with the emblem of King Francis I, the salamander surmounted by the crown of France. Behind the south and north doors were also carved fleur-de-lis, emblem of the French monarchy, which were destroyed during the French revolution of 1789.

The choir is made up of three straight bays and a hemicycle of seven bays. The ambulatory communicates with four rectangular chapels and seven radiating chapels. The choir now has 19 arches instead of the original 13, three additional pillars were built on each side. The choir is separated from the ambulatory by three-point arcades surmounted by an openwork gallery. The 19 windows 18 meters high decorated with mullions and roses. In the Saint-Pierre Cathedral, four planes of railings to replace the stone fence dating from the 16C, and composed of two large doors and ironwork of the two spans of the sanctuary. This was laid in 1739.

The Saint Pierre Cathedral has an astronomical clock, built between 1865 and 1868 and was placed in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, located in the north arm of the transept, in 1876. It is the centerpiece of the furniture of the cathedral. is powered by a main motor and 14 secondary motors. The cabinet is in the Roman-Byzantine style, it measures 12 meters high, 5.12 meters wide and 2.82 meters deep. In the upper part, 68 automatons come alive during the Last Judgment scene. Sound and light, broadcast in five languages, explains the operation of these machines for 25 minutes. Awesome clocks !!!

The official St Peter’s Cathedral : http://www.cathedrale-beauvais.fr/

The Beauvais tourist office on the St Peter’s Cathedral:  https://www.visitbeauvais.fr/en/fiche/cathedrale-saint-pierre-de-beauvais-en/

The city of Beauvais on the St Peter’s Cathedral: http://www.beauvais.fr/tourisme/la-cathedrale-saint-pierre.html

There you go folks, just touch bases here, but this is a must to visit and do come in to Beauvais, the Cathédrale Saint Pierre is a must to see. I am glad finally found some photos to show it in my blog.  Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Cathédrale Saint  Pierre de Beauvais, 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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