Un historique de la cathédrale suivi d'un itinéraire pour découvrir son intérieur et son extérieur en détail. ©Electre 2025
Amiens Cathedral is the largest cathedral in France and, with the exception of Beauvais, the highest. It was built exceptionally quickly ; the fabric was completed in a mere 70 years, from 1220 to 1290. This masterpiece of Gothic art, skilfully mastered architectonic techniques - the systematic use of flying buttresses and tripartite elevation - culminates in the achievement of an accomplished style, particularly in its portal statuary. Situated in the heart of a city which was plagued by bombardments in 1940, the cathedral, nevertheless, managed to maintain a great deal of its ancient environment : to the north, the episcopal palace, and the 18th-century canonical area to the south. Not only has the cathedral preserved some of the major pieces of 13th and 14th-century stained-glass, but it managed to majestically combine its decor with its furnishings. These date from the 16th-century (choir screen) to the 19th-century (decoration of the apse chapels by Viollet-le-Duc).
Thus, while touring the cathedral, the visitor encounters a veritable decorative anthology.
Paru le : 01/06/2018
Thématique : Patrimoine rural et Architecture vernaculaire
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Picardie. Service régional de l'Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel
Éditeur(s) :
Association pour la généralisation de l'Inventaire régional en Picardie
Collection(s) : Itinéraires du patrimoine
Contributeur(s) : Auteur du texte : Jean-Charles Cappronnier - Auteur du texte : Pierre-Marie Pontroué - Traducteur : Jennifer Macwha - Illustrateur : Stéphane Gonet
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-906340-55-8
EAN13 : 9782906340558
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 32
Hauteur: 23.0 cm / Largeur 11.0 cm
Poids: 200 g
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