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PHOTOGRAPHER: GLENN VAN DER KNIJFF

Amiens
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One of France's most awe-inspiring Gothic cathedrals is reason enough to spend
time in Amiens, the comfy, if reserved, former capital of Picardy, where Jules Verne
spent the last two decades of his life.

Sights

CATHÉDRALE NOTRE DAME
Offline map

Cathedral

(place Notre Dame; 8.30am-6.15pm) The largest Gothic cathedral in France (it's
145m long) and a Unesco World Heritage Site since 1981, this magnificent struc-