Amiens 2

Outside, south side of the apse, a forest of flying buttresses

Northside

A line of gargoyles

View from the Somme

The Sommes in Amiens

After only a few hundred years subsidence was noted in
the building--the cathedral is only a hundred meters or so
from the river--and huge metal spikes such as this were
driven in various places; that was the 16th or 17th century,
I think; things have held up well enough since...

View of the great cathedral from the south side, along one of Amiens' fashionable
streets (we took a lunch break); note interesting playground

Back at the cathedral later, we ran into a group of young school-children en
field trip; decked in their little striped vests, each one wearing a big name-tag,
with picture, contact information...

Nothing quite like the enthusiasm of children