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Amiens, August 2004

Home to the largest and most harmonious Gothic cathedral in France, and to 300 hectares of cultivated marshland, the Hortillonages (now mostly used for weekend cottages).
Amiens: approaching the cathedral
Amiens: approaching the cathedral
Amiens: the west façade
Amiens: the west façade
Amiens: the west façade
Amiens: the west façade
Amiens: the Last Judgment on the central portal
Amiens: the Last Judgment on the central portal
Amiens: the Last Judgment
Amiens: the Last Judgment
Amiens: six apostles, Peter on the left
Amiens: six apostles, Peter on the left
Amiens: six more, Paul on the right
Amiens: six more, Paul on the right
Amiens: Daniel and Ezechiel
Amiens: Daniel and Ezechiel
Amiens: Voussures of the central portal
Amiens: "Voussures" of the central portal
Amiens: Le Beau Dieu
Amiens: Le Beau Dieu
Amiens: The Virgin and Child
Amiens: The Virgin and Child
Amiens: The serpent under the Virgin's foot
Amiens: The serpent under the Virgin's foot
Amiens: the Annunciation
Amiens: the Annunciation
Amiens: detail
Amiens: detail
Amiens: Looking up
Amiens: Looking up
Amiens: A minor prophet
Amiens: A minor prophet
Amiens: the image of February
Amiens: the image of February
Amiens: hedgehog
Amiens: hedgehog
Amiens: the beau pilier (beautiful pillar)
Amiens: the "beau pilier" (beautiful pillar)
Amiens: le beau pilier
Amiens: le beau pilier
Amiens: north nave
Amiens: north nave
Amiens: central nave and choir
Amiens: central nave and choir
Amiens: gisant of the bishop who posed the first stone
Amiens: gisant of the bishop who posed the first stone
Amiens: Salamanders and gisant
Amiens: Salamanders and gisant
Amiens: rose window and organ
Amiens: rose window and organ
Amiens: Jennifer in the labyrinth
Amiens: Jennifer in the labyrinth
Amiens: where the choir meets the transept
Amiens: where the choir meets the transept
Amiens: stalls
Amiens: stalls
Amiens, stalls: seven starved cattle
Amiens, stalls: seven starved cattle
Amiens, stalls: two monks, one cowl
Amiens, stalls: two monks, one cowl
Amiens, stalls: the grape harvest
Amiens, stalls: the grape harvest
Amiens, stalls: the drunkenness of Noah
Amiens, stalls: the drunkenness of Noah
Amiens, stalls: the Golden Calf and the Tablets of the Law
Amiens, stalls: the Golden Calf and the Tablets of the Law
Amiens: the central portal by night
Amiens: the central portal by night
Amiens: Portal of the Virgin
Amiens: Portal of the Virgin
Amiens: Portal of the Virgin
Amiens: Portal of the Virgin
Amiens: the Somme
Amiens: the Somme
Amiens: Quartier St.-Leu, former workers' neighborhood
Amiens: Quartier St.-Leu, former workers' neighborhood
Amiens: Hortillonages
Amiens: Hortillonages
Amiens: Hortillonages
Amiens: Hortillonages
Amiens: Hortillonages
Amiens: Hortillonages
Amiens: Hortillonages
Amiens: Hortillonages
Amiens: the city from the hortillonages
Amiens: the city from the hortillonages
Amiens: Hortillonages
Amiens: Hortillonages
Amiens: the cathedral from a park
Amiens: the cathedral from a park
Amiens: odd monument to Jules Verne
Amiens: odd monument to Jules Verne
Amiens: odd monument to Jules Verne
Amiens: odd monument to Jules Verne
Amiens: a statue not on the cathedral
Amiens: a statue not on the cathedral