AMIENS  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• SOMME

Somme, on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Somme, 81 m . N. of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the Northern railway to See also:

• CALAIS

Calais . Pop . (1906) 78,407 . Amiens was once a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• GREAT

great strength, and still possesses a citadel of the end of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but the ramparts which surrounded it have been replaced by boulevards, bordered by handsome residences . Suburbs, themselves bounded by another See also:

• LINE

line of boulevards, have arisen beyond these limits, and the city also extends to the right bank of the Somme . The busy See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of Amiens lies between the See also:

• RIVER

river and the railway, which for some distance follows the inner line of boulevards . The older and more picturesque quarter is situated directly on the Somme; its narrow and irregular streets are intersected by the eleven arms of the river and it is skirted on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north by the See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal derived therefrom . Besides its boulevards Amiens has the ample See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park or See also:

• PROMENADE

Promenade de la Hotoie to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west and several See also:

• FINE

fine squares, notably the Place See also:

• LONGUEVILLE
• LONGUEVILLE, ANNE GENEVIEVE, DUCHESSE DE (1619—1679)

Longueville and the Place St See also:

• DENIS (DIoNysms), SAINT
• DENIS, JOHANN NEPOMUK COSMAS MICHAEL (1729-1800)

Denis, in which stands the statue of the famous 17th-century See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• DUCANGE, VICTOR HENRI JOSEPH BRAHAIN (1783-1833)

Ducange . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral (see See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

ARCHITECTURE: Romanesque and See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic Architecture in France; and CATHEDRAL), which is perhaps the finest See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of Gothic architecture in France, far exceeds the other buildings of the See also:

• TOWN

town in importance . Erected on the plans of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert de Luzarches, chiefly between 1220 and 1288, it consists of a See also:

• NAVE

nave, nearly 140 ft. in height, with aisles and lateral chapels, a See also:

• TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept with aisles, and a See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir (with deambulatory) ending in an See also:

• APSE
• APSE (Gr. alkir, a fastening, especially the felloe of a wheel; Lat. absis)

apse surrounded by chapels . The See also:

• TOTAL

total length is 469 ft., the breadth 216 ft .

The See also:

• FACADE

facade, which is flanked by two square towers without See also:

• SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

spires, has three portals decorated with a See also:

• PRO

pro-See also:

• FUSION

fusion of statuary, the central portal having a remarkable statue of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ of the 13th century; they are surmounted by two galleries, the upper one containing twenty-two statues of the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah in its arcades, and by a line See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose-window . A slender See also:

• SPIRE

spire rises above the See also:

• CROSSING

crossing . The See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern portal is remarkable for a figure of the Virgin and otner statuary .