Talk:Amiens Cathedral

message: How tall is the crossing's spire above ground level? MathKnight 20:02, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I found it. It is 112.7 meters. MathKnight 20:37, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The height of the spire? 

message: During a visit in 2002 I found two postcards in the gift shop at the Cathedral, one showing elaborate use of sandbags to protect the West portals during World War I, and the other showing immense piles of sandbags inside the Cathedral protecting the columns and some of the statuary during World War II.  Does anyone have additional information about these protective measures?  Are there any public domain photos available?     
Could scanned versions of the postcards be somehow authorized for insertion in a Wikipedia article? 
Response in either French or English will be welcomed.Tvbanfield 04:30, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wartime Protection of the Cathedral

message: I have a set of 2o cardboard cards (4 across x 5 down) that make up a picture of the Cathedral d'Amiens. On the 4th card across on the first row, there is a picture of the coat of arms which says on the coat of arms "Cathedrale D'Amiens". Then underneath this says, World War 1 1914-1918 Amiens. I don't know where these cards are from as they are stuck to a card and framed. By removing these would cause damage to them. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about these cards and whether they are collectable items. 203.87.99.94 (talk) 11:30, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collectors cards? 

message: Many thanks to Sjwells for inserting this new section on "The interior" with those superb images. I have always regretted not taking those photos during my visit. In my opinion, it is the illumination and contents of the interior that make the Amiens Cathedral the best of all the French cathedrals. It is the largest and the best preserved. And it is only an hour and a half from Paris. I would suggest enlarging the gallery with images of larger pixels. There seems to be room.Tvbanfield (talk) 23:24, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The interior

message: In this section, it says that the structural problem with the lower portions was was solved by another patch that consisted of a wrought iron bar chain being installed around the mezzanine level to resist the forces pushing the stone columns outward. From my understanding of the presentation of the cited NOVA source, the laser measurements showed that, while the forces at the higher levels pushed outwards [thus needing properly placed flying butresses], the forces in the lower sections caused the pillars to bow inward, not outward. On the other hand, it says that the heated chain was heated so it would contract & pull inward above the arcade arches. The way the diagram in the source video shows the heated chain was installed arround four separate corners of the nave & transept, it is not clear just how the shrinking forces would interact. It seems they would tend to pull into the corners , which would be an outward force on the main pillars. I hope someone can clear up this seeming inconsistency.Tvbanfield (talk) 04:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Structural defects

message: After re-examining the cited NOVA reference it is clear that the shrinking forces of the heated chain as it cooled would put an outward pressure on the main support columns. Therefore, the inconsistency can easily be solved by changing the text of the article to read: ...to resist the forces pushing the columns inward.
If no one objects, I will do the editing, then this entire discussion can be removed from the TALK section.--Tvbanfield (talk) 21:55, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency solved 

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message: This statement is worthless. To actually contain two of Notre Dame, Amiens Cathedral would need to be (roughly) 270 m long, or 110 m wide, or 150 m tall. Accommodating a cathedral by squeezing its space into a different shape is not accommodating it at all. TooManyFingers (talk) 05:09, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "... large enough to contain two cathedrals the size of Notre Dame"