Amiens Cathedral, also known as the Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens, is the tallest complete cathedral in France. It is built in the Gothic style and took 68 years to build, starting in 1220, built before the more famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Construction was started by Bishop Evrard de Fouilly after the original cathedral was de stroyed in a fire two years earlier. Three people work work as the architects: Robert de Luzarches until 1228, Thomas de Cormant until 1258, and Renaud de Cormant until 1288.
The interior of the cathedral is 105 ft. (42 m.) high and 438 ft. (134 m.) long. On the floor are many designs. They are dominated by a Sacred Maze, a road to God, is drawn on the floor. The maze represents a long pilgrimage. One of the relics at Amiens Cathedral is from Jerusalem: the skull of John the Baptist, brought to Amiens by Wallon de Sarton. The ambulatory surrounding the choir is decorated with polychrome sculptures and flanked by chapels. One of the most sumptuous is the Draper's Chapel, which is filled with cloth by the local cloth merchants.
