CATHEDRALS OF THE OLD AXD NEW WORLD 



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AMIENS CATHEDRAL 



Although regarded as too short for its height, this cathedral is one of the noblest 

 churches of the Old World and has been called "The Parthenon of Gothic Architecture." 

 Colossal statues of twenty-two kings of France stud the gallery in the facade. The deeply 

 recessed portals are dedicated to the Saviour, the Virgin, and to St. Firmin, the first bishop 

 of Amiens. 



