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Amiens Cathedral

Cathédrale Notre-Dame
Built: 1220 - 1269
Status: in use
Location: Amiens, Somme (80), Picardie, France
Amiens Cathedral
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Structural Type:
Gothic vault
Function / usage:
Church

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Renaud de Cormont
  Thomas de Cormont
  Robert de Luzarches
Renovation
Architect Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
Restoration
Architect Etienne-Hippolyte Godde

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
arches  stone
columns  stone
walls  stone
vault  masonry
Dimensions
  building area 7 700 m2
  interior length 133.50 m
  exterior length 145 m
  height from ground to tip of spire 112.7 m
nave   width of nave 12.15 m
  width of nave (on-centre distance of pillars) 14.60 m
  height of nave vaulting 42.30 m
  width of aisles 6.07 m
transept   width of transept 29.30 m
  exterior length of transept 70 m
  interior length of transept 62 m

Chronology
1218
The old cathedral is destroyed in a fire.
ca. 1230
Nave and western section of the transept are completed.
1288
Maze by Renaud de Cormont.
1366
Construction of the towers begins. They are finished in the 15th century.

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External LinkAmiens Cathedral (Mary Ann Sullivan) English
External LinkAmiens Cathedral Project English
External LinkarchINFORM: Amiens Cathedral German English French Spanish Italian
External LinkCathédrales de France: Cathédrale Notre Dame d'Amiens French
External LinkL'architecture religieuse en Occident: Notre-Dame d'Amiens (Somme) French
External LinkLa Picardie, Terre des Cathédrales: Amiens French
External LinkMary Ann Sullivan: Architectural Sculpture, West Front, Amiens Cathedral English
External LinkNotre-Dame d'Amiens French
External LinkSacred Destinations: Amiens Cathedral English
External LinkUNESCO: Sites du Patrimoine Mondial: Cathédrale d'Amiens French
External LinkWeb Gallery of Art: Amiens Cathedral English
External LinkWikipedia: Amiens Cathedral English
External LinkWikipédia: Amiens-i katedrális Hungarian
External LinkWikipedia: Amienskatedralen Norwegian
External LinkWikipedia: Catedral de Amiens Spanish
External LinkWikipédia: Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens French
External LinkWikipedia: Cattedrale di Notre-Dame (Amiens) Italian
External LinkWikipedia: Katedra w Amiens Polish
External LinkWikipedia: Katedralen i Amiens Swedish
External LinkWikipedia: Kathedrale von Amiens German
External LinkWikipedia: Nhà thờ Đức Bà Amiens Vietnamese
External LinkWikipedia: Notre-Dame d'Amiens Dutch / Flemish
External LinkWikipedia: Notre-Damen katedraali (Amiens) Finnish
External LinkWikipedia: קתדרלת אמיין Hebrew
External LinkWikipedija: Katedrala Notre-Dame d'Amiens Slovenian
External LinkВикипедия: Амьенский собор Russian
External Linkวิกิพีเดีย: มหาวิหารอาเมียง Thai
External Linkウィキペディア: ノートルダム大聖堂 (アミアン) Japanese
External Link维基百科: 亚眠大教堂 Chinese

Relevant Literature
* Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse (Tome V-A), Robert Laffont, Paris (France) , 1969; pp. 6-10.
* Rencontres internationales sur la polychromie des portails gothiques, Editions Picard, Paris (France) , ISBN 2708406280, 2002.
* Collombet, François   Les plus belles cathédrales de France, Sélection du Readers Digest, Paris (France) , ISBN 2709808889, 1997; pp. 184-191.
* Denizeau, Gérard   Histoire visuelle des Monuments de France, Larousse, Paris (France) , ISBN 2035052017, 2003; pp. 106-109.
* Egger, Anne   Amiens. La cathédrale peinte, Perrin, Paris (France) , ISBN 2262015759, 2000.
* Esquieu, Yves   Du Gothique à la Renaissance, Publications de l'Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence (France) , ISBN 2853995380, 2003.
* Heinle, Erwin   Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421029318, 1997; pp. 142.
* Kimpel, Dieter   L'architecture gothique en France 1130-1270, Flammarion, Paris (France) , ISBN 2080109707, 1990.
* Mark, Robert   Experiments in Gothic Structure, The MIT Press, Cambridge (USA) , ISBN 0262630958, 1982; pp. 50-57.
* Mark, Robert   High Gothic Structure, The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 0943012058, 1984; pp. 26-31.
* Murray, Stephen   Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (United Kingdom) , 1996.
* Plagnieux, Philippe   Amiens. La cathédrale Notre-Dame, Monum, éditions du Patrimoine, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858227233, 2003.
* Sandron, Dany   Amiens. La cathédrale, Editions Zodiaque, La Pierre-qui-Vire (France) , ISBN 2736903099, 2004.
* Stoddard, Whitney S.   Art & Architecture in Medieval France, Icon Editions (Harper & Row Publishers), New York (USA) , ISBN 0064300226, 1972; pp. 210-221.
* Thiébaut, Jacques   Nord gothique, Picard éditeur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2708407384, 2006; pp. 151-174.

 
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