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Cathédrale Notre-Dame

Amiens, Somme, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
La cathédrale : classement par liste de 1862
Protection dates
1862 : classé MH
Type
cathédrale
Main period of construction
13e siècle
Dates
1220
Architect or builder
Luzarches Robert de (architecte), Cormont Thomas de (architecte), Cormont Regnault de (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de l'État
Commune
Amiens
Département
Somme
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
49.89453, 2.30218
Mérimée reference
PA00116046

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1607 map "Picardia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'édifice est bâti au début du 13e siècle pour contenir la relique du chef de Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Les architectes Robert de Luzarches, Thomas et Regnault de Cormont, se succèdent au cours des travaux qui s'étendent de 1220 à 1270, bâtissant la plus grande cathédrale du Moyen-Age.

English translation

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The building was built in the early 13th century to contain the relic of the head of Saint-Jean-Baptiste. The architects Robert de Luzarches, Thomas and Regnault de Cormont succeed one another in the course of work extending from 1220 to 1270, building the largest cathedral of the Middle Ages.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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