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  —Rue des Trois-Cailloux. p. 36.   —St. Rémy church, p. 37.   —Museum, p. 38-44.   —Prefecture, p. 45. 1 —Corner of bombarded streets, p. 45. H —Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall), p. 45. L —Bailliage (Bailiwick), p. 46. F —Maison du Blanc Pignon (House of the White Gable), p. 47. E —Belfry, p. 47. D —Church of St. Germain, pp. 47-48. K —Maison du Sagittaire (Archers’ House), p. 48. 2 —Place des Huchers, rue du Don and neighhouring streets, pp. 49-52. 3 —Hocquet Canal, p. 50. 4 —Panorama of the Boulevard de Beauvillé, p. 50. 5 —Rue des Bouchers, p. 54. 6 —Rue des Tanneurs and Hôtel Morgan de Belloy, pp. 54-55. B —Hôtel Morgan de Belloy, p. 55.

ITINERARY

THE CATHEDRAL—VISIT TO THE TOWN

See opposite: Coloured plan, with detailed plan of centre of town and outline of itinerary at back.

What the Tourist should see

Do not omit: The Cathedral (pp. 9-36) especially the western and southern doorways, nave, stalls, and carving in the choir aisles.

Of great interest: Picardy Museum (pp. 40-45).

Archæological curiosities: Façade of Theatre (p. 35), Old Houses (pp. 47-56), Churches of St. Leu (pp. 52-53), St. Germain (pp. 47-48) and St. Rémy (p. 37).

Picturesque sights: St. Leu Quarter (p. 52), The Hortillonnages (p. 51).

Walks: Hotoie Park (p. 55), New Boulevards, and The Rue De Beauvais (p. 45), whose ruins attest the violence of the bombardment.

Specialities: Macaroons, potted duck.

Itinerary recommended for visiting Amiens

(Distance: 6½ miles)

Starting point: Place de la Cathédrale.

THE CATHEDRAL (historical monument)

The Cathedral at Amiens is the most perfect example of Gothic architecture extant, realizing as it does to the full, the possibilities of this style. According to Viollet-le-Duc, it is pre-eminently an “ogival church.”

The Cathedral is typical, both from an architectural point of view, and also on account of its statues, which form one of the finest collections of Middle-Age sculpture. From an iconographic standpoint, this statuary constitutes one of the most complete summaries of the religious thought of past centuries.

The Cathedral (see plan,