Gallery of the Kings, Amiens Cathedral, Picardy, France

Statues of kings by Viollet le Duc, 1814-79, replacing the original statues, from the Gallery of Kings, the second gallery 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. Here, the kings hold an orb and sword, and a chalice and sceptre, and are placed in niches surrounded by carved vegetation and grotesque heads atop columns and capitals. 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)