Architecture sights in Amiens
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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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Tour Perret
Long the tallest building in Western Europe, the reinforced concrete Perret Tower (110m), facing the train station, was designed by the Belgian architect Auguste Perret (who also planned postwar Le Havre) and completed in 1954. Not open to visitors.
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