Cathedrale Notre-Dame – Amiens, France
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Our final church of our summer tour is the Cathedrale Notre-Dame in Amiens, usually referred to as the Amiens Cathedral. We were here on a Sunday morning, so church bells were ringing as we entered the church square.
We announce our September tour in this video!
A UNESCO World Heritage Center, this 13th-century church was completed in about 50 years. Due to its fast and uninterrupted construction, the structure has a unity of High Gothic style throughout. As with every church we have gone to, Amiens Cathedral is an active faith community, therefore we first toured its beautiful outside while the Sunday-morning worshipers attended services inside. The three west portals are filled with sculpture and the center tympanum, with its Last Judgement, is both breathtaking and intriguing in its detail. The flying buttresses are especially elegant with their pierced designs.
Once inside, we had one last opportunity to view yet more exceedingly high vaults, not quite as high as those we saw in Beauvais, but close. Although services had ended as we toured the inside, we enjoyed an organ recital which was magnificent. So this five-week immersion tour of medieval churches comes to an end. Mike gets a heartfelt thanks for all he did to bring the photos, videos, text, and audio work to life. He has been incredibly supportive of this endeavor and made it even better with his production talents and his addition of music. We both want to thank Pastor Richard for suggesting the blog – it was truly a labor of love and we appreciate the opportunity to record the experience for all to enjoy.
So… until the next church journey…which we announce in this video