Amiens Cathedral

The cathedral of Amiens

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Amiens, France. It is most commonly called Amiens Cathedral. The cathedral was built between 1220 and 1270.

Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. It is known for the quality and quantity of early 13th-century Gothic sculpture.

With the cathedrals of Chartres and Reims it is considered one of the classical French cathedrals of the Middle Ages.

Amiens Cathedral Media

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  Damage during World War I.

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  Exterior of Amiens Cathedral

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  Cutaway plan of the cathedral

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  The Flamboyant south rose window (16th c.)

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  Interior of the cathedral by David Roberts (c. 1827)

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  Interior of the cathedral by Jules Victor Genisson (1842)

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  Sepia photograph of the cathedral in 1878

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  The rose window and gallery of Kings on the west facade

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  West portals of Amiens Cathedral