Cathedrale Notre Dame - Amiens, France

Our final church was 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. A UNESCO World Heritage Center, this 13 th -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.
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