The Great Cathedrals: Amiens

Many of the world's great cathedrals can be explored inside and out using Google Street View.

The first we will look at is Amiens Cathedral  (built between c.1220 and c.1270) in Amiens, France.  We explore this cathedral first because the Art Department of Columbia University uses Amiens to provide an online exploration of all aspects of the medieval gothic cathedral.

 Myles Zhang of Columbia University describes this cathedral as " the apotheosis of Gothic architecture built during the 13th century".  He provides an animated fly over of the cathedral:

 

Myles did the amazing digital modelling for the following interactive exploration:

Life of a Cathedral: Notre-Dame of Amiens

 

Myles Zhang`s video of the Amiens Cathedral construction sequence is particularly fascinating:

Amiens Cathedral Construction 

Columbia University Art History Department used Google Street View to create their...

Interactive Panoranic Tour of the Cathedral

The Civil Engineering Department of Waterloo University provides a fun and fascinating video on the construction of Medieval Gothic Cathedrals:

Now use Google Street View to...

Explore Amiens Cathedral Inside and Out