Amiens

*I'm Amiens. I love exploring archaeological ruins and sacred sites. I do not like rainstorms and lightning. I believe that you'll be rewarded if you don't ever give up, no matter how bad things get. Please don't think that I'm a negative Nancy now, okay?*

## Trivia

* Amiens' birthday is the opening date of Amiens station in 1847.
* Rouen is Amiens' spelunking partner. The partners are subordinates of Vivienne.
* Amiens' spelunker design and liking of exploring ruins is shared with Rouen, as both regions of France has a combination of ancient and modern (Second World War) ruins. Her primary theme is based off the Amiens Cathedral.
* Amiens' dislike for lightning is a reference to the lightning strike of 1528, July 15, which destroyed the spire of Amiens Cathedral and sets it ablaze.
* The bow's design in [Endless Inquisitiveness] references the glass roof extensions of Amiens station.
* The ruins in the background of [Endless Inquisitiveness] is the ruins of the Convent of the Gray Nuns of Amiens (Couvent des sœurs grises d'Amiens), destroyed by German bombardments of the Second World War in May 19, 1940.

## Counterpart

Amiens station (locally known as: Gare du Nord) is the main railway station for the Northern French city of Amiens. The station opened on 15 March 1847 when the line to Abbeville started passenger operations. Amiens is both a terminus and a through station. A concourse was built over the six platforms to facilitate passenger movement. Although the station front was built between adjoining buildings, the hall is as big as its Parisian counterparts.

Amiens station was razed by German shelling in World War I, rebuilt, then destroyed again by the Allied forces during World War II and replaced by the present structure built in 1955 by Auguste Perret. A tower called the Tour Perret was built at the same time close to the station. The station district's buildings were collectively registered as a historic monument in 2004.

Amiens station is located 130.563km of the line from Longueau to Boulogne-Ville , between the stations of Longueau and the Somme. The first station opened in this direction was that of Villers-Bretonneux, preceded by the closed Blangy-Glisy station. The station has six platforms, serving eleven tracks. Five terminus lanes (8, 9, 10, 11 and 12) to the north are reserved for the line from Amiens to Laon, and six through lanes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7) to the south for the lines from Longueau to Boulogne-Ville. The station is served by the local TER Normandie and TER Hauts-de-France services to destinations that include Rouen, Calais, Lille, Reims, Compiègne and Paris-Nord.

Since 2006, there has been a comprehensive programme for the restructuring of the station quarter, the Gare la Vallée project, is in progress. Since June 2008, the vast architectural transformation of the station square facilitates access to the station for people with reduced mobility and pedestrian continuity between the city hall and the station. The Gare du Nord has been renovated with a controversial new glass roof. The Tour Perret was renovated as well and a new cinema complex was built, reorganizing the area around the railway station. Wikipedia

The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens (Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Amiens. It is situated on a slight ridge overlooking the River Somme in Amiens, the administrative capital of the Picardy region of France, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Paris.

The cathedral was built almost entirely between 1220 and c. 1270, a remarkably short period of time for a Gothic cathedral, giving it an unusual unity of style. Amiens is a classic example of the High Gothic style of Gothic architecture. It also has some features of the later Rayonnant style in the enlarged high windows of the choir, added in the mid-1250s.

The cathedral has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981. Although it has lost much of its original stained glass, Amiens Cathedral is renowned for the quality and quantity of early 13th-century Gothic sculpture in the main west façade and the south transept portal, and a large quantity of polychrome sculpture from later periods inside the building. Wikipedia

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