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Catédral Notre Dame
Amiens is deservedly famous for its magnificent Gothic cathedral, the largest in France and a Unesco World Heritage site. Begun in 1220 rather macabrely to house the head of St John the Baptist - enclosed in gold in the northern outer wall of the ambulatory - the soaring Gothic arches and immense vaulted interior are a masterpiece of religious architecture.
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Hortillonages (Floating Gardens)
These market gardens which span a 330-hectare area, have supplied the city with vegetables and flowers since the middle ages. Take a one-hour cruise in a 12-person gondola-like boat from the riverside kiosk and feast your eyes on the flowers and lush vegetable gardens that float throughout the waterway.
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Jules Verne House
The father of science fiction writing spent 18 years living in Amiens - including 15 years as town councillor - and his whimsical, turreted home is now a museum. The 19th-century furnished rooms have been left just as they were when Phileas Fogg and Captain Nemo were first captivating the literary world.
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