Notre Dame Cathedral Amiens - France

Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized France's Notre Dame Amiens Church as a World Cultural Heritage in 1981.

Notre Dame Cathedral Amiens - World Heritage in France

Notre Dame Cathedral Amiens is the cathedral of Amiens diocese in northern France. Notre Dame Cathedral Amiens is one of the largest churches in the world today. Along with Notre Dame Cathedral of Chartres and Notre Dame Cathedral of Reims, Notre Dame Cathedral is called the most beautiful Gothic style architecture in France.

Notre Dame Cathedral Amiens was built in 1220 and completed for hundreds of years later. The space between the church was completed in 1236. The towers and corridors were completed in 1243. The highest tower of the church until 1528 was completed. Amiens church building was designed by architect Robert de Luzarches , following his work as architect Thomas de Cormont and his son Renault de Cormont .

Photos outside the most typical Gothic style of France.

Church of Our Lady of Amiens is 145 meters long outside, 133.5 meters inside. The space between the church is 14.6 meters wide and the wing is 70 meters wide. The domed church is 42.30 meters high and the top of the tower is 112.70 meters high. The church's floor area is 7,700 square meters, two high-pitched towers give distinct points to the church compared to many other churches.

The church was built in a cross shape with a central space and a horizontal wing. The entrance doors of the hallway are very elaborately sculpted, the mostly carved images here are Bible stories. The main hall of the church is about 15 meters wide, the dome system here is shaped and intertwined. The pedestals and columns in the church were built in a style that was tied together so that when entering the church, it felt very open and wide.

If you look outside, there will be a feeling that the Notre Dame de Paris church looks a bit like Notre Dame de Paris church, but it also has the same features as Reinms church with a pointed tower.

However, if you look closely at Notre Dame Cathedral Amiens will see its unique unique architecture. Two tall towers on the outside create personality and character for the church. Although built symmetrically, thought to be an idea from the beginning, in fact these two towers were built nearly 400 years apart. Because the time is so far apart, the form of the two towers is very different. The 10-meter-tall southern tip of the tower was built in the 12th century. The top of the tower is octagonal, the octagonal tower is shaped by the top of the tower, which is based on the underlying architecture which is a square tower. Meanwhile, the northern tip of the tower was built in 1507, completed in 1528, showing a magnificent flowery in a minimalist, rustic style, in stark contrast to the style of the southern tower top. The two towers have completely different forms that seem unreasonable but create a strong impression for viewers, and bring the Church of Our Lady of Amiens a beauty that cannot be confused with any church and become into an architectural masterpiece in France.

Sculptures on the doors of the church are engraved and shaped in a very detailed and sophisticated way.The engraved images here have content about Bible stories.

Over the years, carvings of Bible stories on church doors have been greatly damaged and dimmed. So by 1990, these doors had been cleaned with lasers and engraving stations were reproduced based on the remnants of the door. Since then, the church's door system has been used every year to clean and preserve lasers.

Currently, Notre Dame Cathedral Amiens is a famous tourist attraction and tourist attraction in Northern France.