Amiens Cathedral

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Gothic cathedral Roman Catholic cathedral World Heritage Site

Amiens Cathedral is a monumental 13th-century Gothic cathedral in northern France, renowned for its vast size, intricate façade, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Label Occurrences
Amiens Cathedral canonical 15
Amiens Cathedral (later campaigns) 1
Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic cathedral ⓘ
Roman Catholic cathedral ⓘ
World Heritage Site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Cathédrale Notre-Dame d’Amiens

Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Notre-Dame d’Amiens
architecturalStyle High Gothic ⓘ
French Rayonnant Gothic ⓘ
surface form: Rayonnant Gothic
cityOnRiver Somme River ⓘ
constructionEnd circa 1270 ⓘ
constructionStart 1220 ⓘ
containsRelic alleged head of John the Baptist ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dedicatedTo Our Lady (Notre-Dame) ⓘ
surface form: Our Lady of Amiens
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
diocese Diocese of Amiens ⓘ
ecclesiasticalProvince Province of Reims ⓘ
floorArea approximately 7700 square meters ⓘ
hasCloister no surviving medieval cloister ⓘ
hasOrgan yes ⓘ
hasSpire yes ⓘ
heightOfNave approximately 42 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monument historique of France ⓘ
heritageDesignationYear 1862 ⓘ
influenced Gothic cathedrals in England ⓘ
Gothic cathedrals in Germany ⓘ
Gothic cathedrals in Spain ⓘ
length approximately 145 meters ⓘ
liturgicalFunction seat of the Bishop of Amiens ⓘ
locatedIn Amiens ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Picardy ⓘ
locatedInRegion Hauts-de-France ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
notableFeature central rose window ⓘ
elaborate sculpted west façade ⓘ
flying buttresses ⓘ
labyrinth in the nave floor ⓘ
polychrome façade light shows (son et lumière) ⓘ
richly carved choir stalls ⓘ
three large west portals ⓘ
very high nave ⓘ
numberOfNaves three ⓘ
planType Latin cross plan ⓘ
primaryUse Christian worship ⓘ
touristAttraction major tourist site in northern France ⓘ
towerHeight approximately 68 meters ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria criterion (i) ⓘ
criterion (ii) ⓘ
criterion (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1981 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus part of ‘Amiens Cathedral’ inscription ⓘ
width approximately 70 meters ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amiens, France → knownFor → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
subject surface form: Amiens
Amiens, France → hasLandmark → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
subject surface form: Amiens
Opus Francigenum → associatedWithBuilding → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
Somme, France → containsFeature → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
subject surface form: Somme
Rose window → hasNotableExampleAt → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
Amiens → knownFor → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
Amiens → hasHeritageDesignation → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Amiens Cathedral)
Amiens → hasLandmark → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
Somme (department) → knownFor → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
Somme (department) → containsUNESCOSite → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
Picardy → religiousHeritageSite → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
León Cathedral → inspiredBy → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
French Rayonnant Gothic → architecturalStyleOf → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amiens Cathedral (later campaigns)
High Gothic → notableExample → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
Amiens Cathedral → alsoKnownAs → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cathédrale Notre-Dame d’Amiens
Amiens Cathedral → alsoKnownAs → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Notre-Dame d’Amiens
Amiens Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site → nativeName → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
subject surface form: Amiens Cathedral
this entity surface form: Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens
Saint-Leu district → hasViewOf → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
hortillonnages of Amiens → near → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
subject surface form: Hortillonnages of Amiens
World Heritage Sites in France → includesSite → Amiens Cathedral ⓘ