(Editions Grand Nord)
THE PICARDIE
and the baie de SommeVast plains, green hills and scattered woods
cover this rural country situated in the north
of France. It hides among others treasures a
wide sweep of lands called "côte picarde",
with typical landscapes, wich goes far in the
soils on the Baie de Somme's area. The
ornithological reserve of the Marquenterre
will provide to the experienced ethologists,
and all others, the opportunity of a really interesting tour, in a wonderful site
(photo credits: ville d'Amiens)
AMIENS
and it cathedral Notre-Dame d'AmiensPicardie's chief town, the city of Amiens promises to the tourist far more than a opportunity to satisfy his likings for historyor architecture. Real jewel lying inside the Saint-Leu's neighborhood's case, Notre-Dame d'Amiens is one of the highest cathedral of France (112 m) and contains some of the better executed pieces of sacred art. The hortillonnages will offer to the quiet-and-green-places searcher a tour on the Somme, facing one of more unusual places of the country.
(photo credits: ville d'Amiens)The U.P.J.V.
University of Picardie Jules Verne
With it recent buildings in the city center, nearby the Saint-Leu's neighborhood, the university of Picardie proves its dynamism and its forward-looking. The campus keeps on receiving a growing number of students, and the variety of possibles cursus won't break this movement !
(photo credits: ville d'Amiens)
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