The Somme tourist board
Cultural heritage
"At Amiens, the largest Cathedral I’ve ever seen amazed me with its lace-like stone tracery..."
The religious heritage
Picardy is justly known as the cradle of Gothic architecture. The Somme department can boast its finest flowering in the cathedral of Amiens, light, airy and pure, whose vast size makes its lacy stonework all the more surprising.
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The castles
The Somme department is dotted with castles built in brick and stone, a reminder that this is a land of limestone and clay.
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