Tucked away in the Picardie region of northern France, not far from Lille, Rouen, or even Paris, this city remains surprisingly under the radar. And yet, Amiens is full of fascinating history and a ...

Amiens Cathedral is State-owned and managed in part by the Centre for National Monuments (a public body under the authority of the Ministry of Culture), the territorial collectivity and the clergy.

Northern France’s Amiens resembles a pint-sized Paris.. It has its own Notre Dame cathedral — bigger than the one in the capital — as well as its own macarons. They were invented nearly 150 ...

At Amiens, the main body of the nave is very close to 50 feet. Noah's ark was 50 cubits. And then, the height of Amiens measured out in Roman feet—the local foot was a Roman foot—is 144 feet.

Amiens Cathedral in northern France played host to the event, which remembered the battle in 1918 that marked the beginning of the “hundred days” offensive, the closing chapter of the war.

The addition of the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba is the first change to the Art Humanities syllabus since the 2022 reform, which added nine female artists and artists of color to the curriculum.The ...

Amiens Cathedral, in the heart of Picardy, is one of the largest 'classic' Gothic churches of the 13th century. It is notable for the coherence of its plan, the beauty of its three-tier interior ...