Cities, castles and cathedrals of Picardy
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If you want to see and learn what many tourists, even connoisseurs of France, do not know, I suggest you go with me to Picardy - the northern province of France, where there is a lot of history and the oldest and largest Gothic cathedrals in France in the cities of Amiens, Lane, Beauvais.
Picardy, like many provinces, cannot be seen in 1 day.
Picardy begins 50 km from Paris, when you come to the castle Chantilly, so separately about this castle I tell on a trip only to this castle.
But, if you have at least 2 days, I suggest you go a little further and see the amazing places of Picardy, which are very rich in history, spirituality and culture and are associated with the names of French people you probably know:
Jean Calvin - the founder of the Protestant reform and the movement of the Calvinists, Gaspar-De Coligny - the leader of the Protestant party in France, the "father" of the French landscape - the artist Jean-Baptiste Corot, writers Alexandre Dumas and Gerard de Nerval, the Queen of Russian origin Anna Jaroslavna, Napoleon III, the famous writer - science fiction Jules Verne.
3 Days of Picardy Travel from Paris
I suggest you look with me:
- Beautiful castle of the Duke of Omal - Chantilly,
The city of Senlis, where Anna Yaroslavna, Queen of France, lived in the XI century, I will tell you her amazing history and we will see the remains of the castle in which she lived.
Pierrfon Castle is a real medieval fortress successfully restored by Napoleon III. The impossible castle has exactly the kind of fortress that we imagine and know from many films about knights and princesses. As we approach this medieval giant on the shores of the lake, you will feel that you have accidentally entered another era. The hall of mythical heroines, talking tombs in the crypt of the castle, all this is very impressive to the visitors who arrived.
- Compiegne Castle - a luxurious country residence of Napoleon III You will be fascinated by the luxurious apartments of the Imperial Palace, its style, an extensive park. I will show you a unique collection of the very first cars, as well as the city of Compiegne, which fascinates with its coziness and some particularly delicate beauty, for which the emperor chose it.
- the impressive size of the towers and the beauty of the apartments, the medieval castle - the fortress of the XV century - Rambourt, in which the heirs of David-de Rambourt - the great master of crossbows of the King of France live for 600 years.
The capital of Picardy is a very modern and at the same time ancient city of Amiens, where we will see its famous cathedral, the most perfect in Gothic architecture in the north of France and of course it is surprising that one of the famous relics of Christianity is stored here - part of the skull of John the Baptist, which can be seen in the treasury of the cathedral.
We will continue our journey through such Gothic giants, which are named in the recent film about the cathedrals – “pillars of the earth”, visiting the cathedrals of the city of Beauvais and Lana (often called Laon in Russian), in each of which I will reveal to you the most cherished secrets of each of them, we will see their reliquaries and the treasures of the Christian religion that they store. Leaving Picardy, we will look into the picturesque medieval city of Soissons, the symbol of which is the “Suassonian vase”, associated with the history of the first Franks who came once to conquer the country of Gaul.
Other Picardy travel programs, shorter or longer, are always possible at your request.