Archive for Amiens
snapshot from Amiens [#2]
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags Amiens, church nave, church porch, France, gargoyle, Gothic cathedral, Notre Dame d'Amiens, Picardy, sculptures, Somme on April 3, 2016 by xi'an
church comics
Posted in Kids, pictures, Travel, Wines with tags ambulatory, Amiens, cathedral, choir, church nave, France, Gothic cathedral, John the Baptist, Picardy, relics, Saint Fermin, Somme on April 3, 2016 by xi'an
During Easter break, a last minute airbnb reservation led us to visit the cathedral of Amiens (in North-East France, near the Battle of the Somme front) with its (42m) soaring ceilings and its immense nave. The central choir is surrounded by an ambulatory with niches of intricate polychrome sculptures of stories of saints that look like 3D-comics. Similar to those Jim and I already spotted in the cathedral of Chartres! In Amiens, there were several of them, including a vivid representation of the life and afterlife of Saint Fermin. (With an exhumation of his body (below) worth the visit by itself: the priest using the spade is so much into it!) As well as a life of John the Baptist, whose head was supposed to have ended up in the cathedral…
snapshot from Amiens [#1]
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags Air France, Amiens, church nave, Gothic cathedral, Notre Dame d'Amiens, Picardy, sculpture, Somme, stained glass on March 31, 2016 by xi'an
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