Last Judgment, Central Portal, Amiens Cathedral, Picardy, France

St Michael weighing good and evil actions, symbolised by the Lamb of God and a devil's head, with souls heading for heaven and hell, from the Tympanum of the central portal, known as the Beau-Dieu portal, dedicated to the Last Judgment, on the Western facade of the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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© Manuel Cohen

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Saint-Leu - Amiens (France)