Editing Amiens (section)

==Culture, tourism and heritage==
The strategic position of Amiens makes it an attractive destination for a weekend or a few days, from Paris, [[Lille]] or [[Brussels]]. Amiens also benefits from the proximity of the [[Baie de Somme]], a tourist hotspot registered at the {{interlanguage link|Club des plus belles baies du monde|fr}} and labelled {{interlanguage link|Label Grand Site de France|fr|3=Label Grand Site de France|lt=Great Site of France}}.

Amiens has the label of [[French Towns and Lands of Art and History|Towns and Lands of Art and History]] since 1992. Within this framework, the host of the heritage organises guided tours on themes intended for an audience of adults and children, with educational workshops. A signposted circuit allows an independent tour of the town, with information panels offering comment on places and notable buildings.

Amiens has an {{interlanguage link|List of historic monuments of Amiens|fr|3=Liste des monuments historiques d'Amiens|lt=important historical and cultural heritage}}, and an accessible and varied natural heritage, on which tourism is based. The main attractions are the cathedral, which is included in the world heritage of [[UNESCO]], the ''hortillonnages'', {{interlanguage link|Maison de Jules Verne|fr|3=Maison de Jules Verne|lt=Jules Verne House}}, the [[Tour Perret (Amiens)|Tour Perret]], the [[Musée de Picardie]], the {{interlanguage link|Zoo d'Amiens|fr|3=Zoo d'Amiens|lt=zoo}}, and the Saint-Leu and Saint-Maurice neighborhoods.

===Places and monuments===
The commune has an exceptional heritage: 60 monuments listed in the [[Monument historique|inventory of monuments historiques]] and over 1600 places and monuments listed in the [[Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel|general inventory of cultural heritage]];<ref>{{Search Mérimée|80021}}</ref> and on the other hand, 187 objects listed in the inventory of monuments historiques and 254 objects listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage.<ref>{{Search Palissy|80021}}</ref> The information given below is relative only to a brief selection.

====Notre-Dame d'Amiens====
{{main|Amiens Cathedral}}
[[File:Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens-3420.jpg|thumb|right|Façade of Notre-Dame Cathedral]]

{{Translated blockquote
|language=fr
|C’est une femme adorable, cette Cathédrale, c’est une Vierge. [...] Point de confusion vaine, ici, point d’exagération ni d’enflure. C’est l’empire absolu de l’élégance suprême.
|She's an adorable woman, this Cathedral{{snd}}a Virgin. [...] No empty confusion, here, no exaggeration or pompousness. It is the absolute empire of supreme elegance.
|author=[[Auguste Rodin]] 
|title=''Les cathédrales de France'' (1914)<ref name=RODIN-LCDF>{{cite wikisource |author-first=Auguste |author-last=Rodin| author-link=Auguste Rodin |chapter= Amiens |wslink= Auguste Rodin - Les cathedrales de France, 1914 |wslanguage=fr |plaintitle= Les cathédrales de France |year= 1914 |publisher=Armand Colin}}</ref>}}

{{pull quote|Amiens Cathedral deserves the name given by [[Eugène Viollet-le-Duc|M. Viollet-le-Duc]], 'the [[Parthenon]] of Gothic architecture'.|author =[[John Ruskin]]|source=The Bible of Amiens}}

The city is famous for its Notre-Dame Cathedral, masterpiece of [[Gothic art]] and one of the largest cathedrals in the world by its interior volume ({{convert|200000|m3|cuft|abbr=on}}).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.francetv.fr/culturebox/amiens-la-cathedrale-en-couleurs-58273 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130701164053/http://www.francetv.fr/culturebox/amiens-la-cathedrale-en-couleurs-58273 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 1 July 2013 |title= Amiens, la cathédrale en couleurs |date= 18 June 2011 |work= France Télévisions |access-date= 6 May 2013 }}</ref> The largest religious and medieval building of France, its interior could twice hold [[Notre-Dame de Paris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.routard.com/guide_voyage_lieu/10252-cathedrale_notre_dame_d_amiens.htm|title=Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens|work=Guide du routard|access-date=6 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112000146/http://www.routard.com/guide_voyage_lieu/10252-cathedrale_notre_dame_d_amiens.htm|archive-date=12 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The cathedral measures {{convert|145|m|ft}} long and its spire rises {{convert|112|m|ft}} high. The vaults of the central [[nave]], finished in 1247, are {{convert|42.3|m|ft}}, close to the maximum limit for this architecture.

Dating back to the 13th century, its construction is due to the wealth of the city in the Middle Ages and to the fire of the [[Romanesque art|Romanesque]] cathedral which stood previously. Three architects, including [[Robert of Luzarches]] succeeded to complete the construction.

Amiens Cathedral is notable for the coherence of its plan, the beauty of its three-tier interior elevation, the particularly fine display of sculptures on the principal façade and in the south transept, and inlays of its floor. It is also described by [[John Ruskin]] as "Gothic, clear of Roman tradition and of Arabian taint, Gothic pure, authoritative, unsurpassable, and unaccusable."

Regarded as the archetype of the classic [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style, the cathedral also presents some elements of the radiant Gothic style and flamboyant Gothic. The speed of construction, barely 70 years for the shell (1220 to 1269), explains this remarkable homogeneity of style. Its façade is decorated with more than 3,000 statues, gargoyles and chimeras.

Registered since 1981 as a [[World Heritage Site]] of [[UNESCO]], it is a "masterpiece of world heritage". For a second time in 1998, it is a monumental step on the [[Camino de Santiago (route descriptions)|Camino de Santiago]]. Despite the two World Wars of the 20th century, which severely affected the city, it managed to stay intact.

A show of the reproduction of the original polychromy<ref>Unlike most cathedrals in France, Notre Dame Amiens has substantially retained all of its original statues and ornaments, which even today allows one to admire some of the colours used in Middle Ages.</ref> of façades, discovered as a result of recent [[laser]] cleaning, is given annually for free in December and during the summer period. The show is a projection on the façade of slides in color.

The {{interlanguage link|Zodiaque de la cathédrale d'Amiens|fr|3=Zodiaque de la cathédrale d'Amiens|lt=zodiac}} is a set of reliefs on the foundations of the western façade formed series of quatrefoil medallions, carved in a representative agrarian calendar and the signs of the zodiac.

The statue of the {{interlanguage link|L'Ange pleureur|fr|3=L'Ange pleureur|lt=weeping Angel}} that is on a tomb carved by {{interlanguage link|Nicolas Blasset|fr}}, and the reliefs evoking Saint-Firmin and St. John the Baptist, are some of the well-known works of the cathedral.

At ground level lies the intact {{interlanguage link|Labyrinthe de la cathédrale d'Amiens|fr|3=Labyrinthe de la cathédrale d'Amiens|lt=labyrinth}} of {{convert|234|m|ft}} long.

On the north side of the cathedral is the former {{interlanguage link|Palais de l'évêché d'Amiens|fr|3=Palais de l'évêché d'Amiens|lt=Palace of the Bishop of Amiens}}, occupied by the {{interlanguage link|École supérieure de commerce d'Amiens|fr|3=École supérieure de commerce d'Amiens|lt=École supérieure de commerce}} in Amiens.

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens.jpg|The cathedral seen from the ''Rue André''
Amiens cathédrale (les 3 portails Ouest) 1.jpg|West entrance
Amiens cathédrale4.JPG|Entrance
Amiens Cathedral Interior 1.jpg|The labyrinth
Amiens Cathedral choir Wikimedia Commons.jpg|The choir
Stalles Cathédrale d'Amiens 280808 12.jpg|Columns
Mausolée de Charles de Vitry Amiens 110608 3.jpg|Mausoleum of Charles de Vitry
Tombeau du chanoine Lucas Amiens Ange pleureur130608 .jpg|Tomb of Canon Lucas
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====Belfry====
[[File:Le Beffroi Amiens FRA 001.jpg|thumb|right|The belfry of Amiens]]
The origin of the {{interlanguage link|Belfry of Amiens|fr|3=Beffroi d'Amiens}} dates back to the establishment of the commune of Amiens by [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]]. It is mentioned for the first time in an arbitral award issued by the chapter of Amiens in 1244.

Symbolizing the independence of the commune, it was formerly used for meetings of the notables of the city and then as archive rooms, weapons store and prison. A spotter nearby monitored arrivals and warned the population of the external dangers. During the Middle Ages, the building was repeatedly engulfed by fire.

The belfry is composed of a base in white cut stone, built in the 15th century between 1406 and 1410, a stone superstructure bell tower built from 1749 with Baroque [[volute]]s at its base, and a dome covered with slate and then the [[pheme|renowned]] arrow weather vane. At the time, a huge 11-ton bell was installed inside, it was later destroyed along with the dome, whose copper component melted, in the bombardment and fire of the city on 19 May 1940. Abandoned and devoid of a roof since [[World War II]], the monument was fully restored between February 1989 and July 1990.

Located on the ''Place au Fil'', the old central square of the city before the arrival of the railway and the rise of the ''Rue des Trois Calloux'', the belfry is adjacent to ''Les Halles'' and the back of the ''[[Hôtel de Ville, Amiens|Hôtel de Ville]]'' (city hall).<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00116043}}</ref> At a height of {{convert|52|m|ft}}, it rings every hour of the day.

Since July 2005, the belfry of Amiens is a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]], as part of a set of 56 [[Belfries of Belgium and France]] which were inscribed because of their architecture and their importance in the rise of municipal power in Northern France and Belgium.<ref name="unesco943">{{cite web |url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/943 |title=Belfries of Belgium and France |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher=United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> The belfry is also recorded in the inventory of Historic Monuments.

====Cirque Jules-Verne====
[[File:Cirque Amiens foule début XXe.jpg|thumb|left|The municipal circus of Amiens in 1912, on the festival of Saint Jean.]]
[[File:Cirque municipale amiens.jpg|thumb|The municipal circus of Amiens in 2006.]]
In 1845, the traditional fair of Saint-Jean, formerly held at ''Place René Goblet'', was transferred to ''Place Longueville''. It is a wide esplanade that took the place of the Longueville bastion, after the demolition of the city walls in the early 19th century. Each year, a temporary circus is established for this occasion.

In 1865, a circus company emerged to claim a permanent circus, which would be built in wood by the Schytte contractor in 1874. However, expensive maintenance prompted the municipality to consider the construction of a new building. The decision was made in 1886 under the leadership of Mayor [[Frédéric Petit (19th-century politician)|Frédéric Petit]] and the work began.

The Chief Architect of the Somme, {{interlanguage link|Émile Ricquier|fr}}, a disciple of [[Gustave Eiffel]], was responsible for its construction. It was inspired by the [[Cirque d'hiver]] of Paris but with a cast metal frame, supplemented by brick from the local countryside. The architect of civil buildings, [[Charles Garnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]], claimed that the frames should be hidden with a plaster imitating stone. The "moderninst" design of Ricquier, who chose to display the structure, and to favor local material such as brick, is visible at the rear of the monument.

With its 16-sided polygonal shape and a diameter of {{convert|44|m|ft}}, it includes lodges and [[Choir (architecture)#Seating|stalls]] in its enclosure. As a completely modern project, it hosted two steam engines, dedicated to fully electric lights and central heating. Since its construction, it was also the first circus which included a buffet and a refreshment bar. The cost of the construction of the building finally reached double the forecast.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|IA80000169}}</ref> In 1888, the new city councilor responsible for festivals and celebrations, Jules Verne, was responsible for monitoring the work, and it was he who opened it on Sunday 23 June 1889, for the opening of the fair and the centenary of the French Revolution:<ref>Jules Verne, extrait du {{cite web|url=http://www.phys.uu.nl/~gdevries/etexts/cirque/cirque.html|title=discours d'inauguration|date=17 July 2023 }} du 23 juin 1889.</ref>

{{pull quote|The new circus is a work of art that your municipal administration wanted to build with all of the enhancements of modern industry. It is the very best, undoubtedly, it is also the most comprehensive, with its facilities and equipment, to have been built in France and abroad.|author =[[Jules Verne]]}}

The roof was damaged by a shell in 1916. The circus was the setting for [[Federico Fellini]]'s ''[[The Clowns (film)|The Clowns]]'' (1971), and the film by [[Jean-Jacques Beineix]], ''[[Roselyne and the Lions]]'' (1989), with [[Isabelle Pasco]] as lead actress. The largest of the circuses of the province with its 3,000-seats, the building has acquired a multidisciplinary use for decades of performances of theatre, dance, concerts, galas, sports and public meetings.

Renovated in 2003, it now bears the name of {{interlanguage link|Cirque Jules-Verne|fr}}. After hosting the performances of {{interlanguage link|Cirque Rancy|fr}}, it hosts resident {{interlanguage link|Cirque Arlette Gruss|fr}}.

Since 1 January 2011, the circus has been labelled "national hub circus and street arts", managed by an {{interlanguage link|Établissement public de coopération culturelle|fr|3=Établissement public de coopération culturelle|lt=EPCC}}. It is one of seven in France and is still in use today.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cirquejulesverne.com/ |title=The Cirque Jules Verne Website |publisher=Cirquejulesverne.com |access-date=1 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012043438/http://www.cirquejulesverne.com/ |archive-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====The house of Jules-Verne====
In 1882, Jules Verne and his wife, Honorine, rented {{interlanguage link|Maison de Jules Verne|fr|lt=the house}} at the corner of ''Rue Charles-Dubois'' and ''Boulevard Longueville'' until 1900. Acquired in 1980 by the city, the house is labeled [[Maisons des Illustres]] by the [[Ministry of Culture (France)|Ministry of Culture]]. Restored in 2006, thanks to the work of the {{interlanguage link|Centre international Jules-Verne|fr}}, this 19th-century mansion, registered as a [[Monument historique#Protection|national heritage site]], traces through the exhibition of more than 700 objects, the personality, the sources of inspiration and memories of Jules Verne.

====Tour Perret====
{{main|Tour Perret (Amiens)}}
[[File:Tour Perret au couleur du 100ème Anzac Day.JPG|thumb|The Tour Perret lit in colour for the 100th anniversary of Anzac Day]]

Opposite the [[Gare d'Amiens]], is located the [[Tour Perret (Amiens)|Tour Perret]] (from the name of its architect [[Auguste Perret]]). Over {{convert|100|m|ft}} high, it was one of the first skyscrapers built in Europe, and the highest for a long time.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|IA80000177}}</ref>

====The Church of Saint-Leu====
The {{interlanguage link|Église Saint-Leu d'Amiens|fr}} was built at the end of the 15th century, on the model of the hall-churches. It is dedicated, as its district, to Saint Leu, referring to the 7th century bishop who was exiled to the [[Vimeu]]. It has three naves. A flamboyant portal adorns the base of the steeple. The latter, struck by lightning, had to be rebuilt at the beginning of the 16th century. The ends of beams are carved. Stone and wood statues date from the 17th century. The choir houses the [[Glory (religion)|glory]] of the [[Aimé and Louis Duthoit|Duthoit brothers]].

====Other notable buildings or monuments====

=====Architecture from antiquity=====
* Numerous archaeological excavations have uncovered remains from proto-historic times to the Roman era. Two skylights cut in the last development of ''Place Gambetta'', allow observation of a few remains of the [[Forum (Roman)|forum]]. And, important remnants of a large Gallo-Roman theatre uncovered in early 2007, have been dismantled and stored in accordance with the rules of archaeological conservation, during the redevelopment of the Gare neighborhood in March 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jlessard.over-blog.com/categorie-1240419.html |title=THEATRE GALLO-ROMAIN |first=Jacques |last=Lessard |date=10 April 2007 |access-date=30 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903170608/http://jlessard.over-blog.com/categorie-1240419.html |archive-date=3 September 2014  }}</ref>
* The {{interlanguage link|Archaeological garden of Saint-Acheul|fr|3=Jardin archéologique de Saint-Acheul}} testifies to the presence of Paleolithic man in the Somme Valley some 450,000 years ago. A stratigraphic cut, classified as an historic monument since 1947, allows visualisation of successive strata of the Somme Valley.

=====Architecture from the Middle Ages=====
* The {{interlanguage link|Église Saint-Germain-l'Écossais d'Amiens|fr|lt=Church of Saint-Germain}} is disused, but where exhibitions are regularly held on the colourisation of the cathedral and the St-Germain neighborhood, and historical competitor of the Saint-Leu neighborhood. The animosity, between the populations of the two districts has marked the history of Amiens. This church has a high and oddly leaning tower. Affected by the bombing of 1940, it was returned temporarily to worship in October 1965, after a thorough restoration.
* The remains of the Hôtel-Dieu (Saint-Leu district, between the {{abbr|CRDP|Centre de Recherche et de Développement Pédagogique (Centre of research and pedagogical development)}} and the Faculty of Sciences),
* The mills ''Passe avant'' and ''Passe arrière''<ref>{{Base Mérimée|IA00076431}}</ref> (at Saint-Leu).

=====Architecture from the Renaissance=====
* The renaissance façade of the Maison du Sagittaire (moved to adjoin the Logis du Roy).
* The Logis du Roy (Faculty of Arts until 2003).<ref>{{Mérimée|PA00116069|Le logis du Roy}}</ref>
* The House of the Bailiwick or Malmaison.
* The Citadelle: First [[ravelin]], erected north of the Montrescu gate, the fortress was located in 1531 by F. di Giorgio on the order of [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] (Francis I gate, with sculpted salamanders). After the capture by the Spaniards and its takeover by Henry IV (1597), [[Jean Errard]] received the charge to rebuild the defences of the city.

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611 - Logis du Roi et maison du Sagittaire - Amiens.jpg|The ''Logis du Roy'' and the ''Maison du Sagittaire''.
Amiens - Maison du Bailliage (1).jpg|The ''Maison du bailliage ou Malmaison'', former residence of the [[bailli]] of Amiens, constructed in 1541.
Amiens - Citadelle (6).jpg|Gate of the Ravelin of Montrescu constructed from 1524 to 1531.
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=====Architecture from the 17th and 18th centuries=====
* {{interlanguage link|Abbaye Saint-Jean-des-Prémontrés d'Amiens|fr|3=Abbaye Saint-Jean-des-Prémontrés d'Amiens|lt=Abbey of Saint-Jean-des-Prémontrés of Amiens}} (cloister Dewailly)
* [[Abbaye de Saint-Acheul|Abbey of Saint-Acheul]] (17th and 18th centuries) and the Church (built in 1760 on the vault of [[Fermin]] of Amiens)
* The water tower and fountains of Amiens (1753)
* The façade of the former theatre (now a bank). It was moved {{convert|4|m|ft}} to the line of the ''Rue des Trois-Cailloux''.
* The façade of the {{interlanguage link|Stengel barracks|fr|3=Ancienne caserne Stengel}} (currently an apartment building)
* The {{interlanguage link|Palais de l'évêché d'Amiens|fr|3=Palais de l'évêché d'Amiens|lt=Palace of the Bishop}} of the 17th and 18th centuries.
* The [[Seminary]] of the [[Congregation of the Mission|Lazarists]]: located on ''Rue Jules-Barni'', it was built between 1736 and 1741 and benefitted from several extensions of which the last was built under the aegis of {{interlanguage link|François-Auguste Cheussey|fr}} in 1828. Seized by the {{interlanguage link|State in France|fr|3=État en France|lt=State}}, following the [[1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State|Act of 1905]], the seminary was the [[barracks]] office (named after the general assigned to the Committee of fortifications, [[Pierre Charles Dejean]]) from 1909 to 1993. During this period, it housed the headquarters of the [[8th Infantry Division (France)|8th infantry division]].
* The [[Hôtel de Ville, Amiens|Hôtel de Ville]] (city hall) (partly 18th century and partly 19th century). Made in the regional style of stone and brick, with bedrock of sandstone, and stone pavilions. On the pediment is found the statues of King [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] and Bishop Geoffroi, which granted freedom to Amiens in 1115.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|IA80000161}}</ref>

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Amiens - Hotel de Ville de nuit.jpg|The Hôtel de Ville (city hall)
Amiens - Caserne Stengel (2).jpg|The former Stengel barracks converted into apartments (18th century, historic monuments, 1992).
Amiens, façade de l'ancien théâtre (3).JPG|Façade of the former theatre of Amiens, bank ''Rue des Trois-Cailloux''.
Amiens, 6 r St-Jacques (1).jpg|Fountain of ''Rue Saint-Jacques''.
Amiens - Couvent des Sœurs grises (5).JPG|Convent of the grey sisters (18th century, historic monuments, 1992).
Amiens - Abbaye Saint-Jean-des-Prémontrés (2).jpg|{{interlanguage link|Abbaye Saint-Jean-des-Prémontrés d'Amiens|fr|3=Abbaye Saint-Jean-des-Prémontrés d'Amiens|lt=Abbaye Saint-Jean-des-Prémontrés}} (18th century, historic monuments, 1992).
Amiens - Hôtel Blin de Bourdon (1).jpg|Hôtel Blin de Bourdon (18th century: 1 ''Rue des Augustins'', historic monuments, 1993).
Amiens - Maison Cozette.JPG|Maison Cozette (18th century) : 26 ''Place Vogel'' (historic monuments, 1992).
Amiens, hôtel de préfecture (4).JPG|Hôtel de la Préfecture (18th and 19th centuries, historic monuments, 1992).
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=====Architecture from the 19th century=====
* The Palace of Justice was built from 1865 to 1880<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00132918}}</ref> on the site of the Abbey of Saint-Martin-les-Jumeaux (1073 to 1634) established at the supposed place of the sharing of the cloak of Saint Martin and the convent of the religious Order of the [[Celestines]] (1634 to 1781). Les Célestins, whose order was abolished in 1778, left the premises in 1881.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cours-appel.justice.fr/amiens|title=Accueil|website=Cour d'appel Amiens}}</ref>
* Henriville neighborhood, including the hotel Acloque (neo-Louis XIII style) and the Saint-Martin Church ([[Gothic Revival architecture|neo-Gothic]], built by [[Louis Antoine]] in 1874).
* The {{interlanguage link|House of Jules Verne|fr|3=Maison de Jules Verne}},<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA80000006}}</ref><ref>[[Hélène Rochette]], ''Maisons d'écrivains et d'artistes. Paris et ses alentours'', pp.258–263, Parigramme, Paris, 2004 {{ISBN|978-2-84096-227-4}}.</ref> which was reopened after renovation, in 2006, including the present neo-Gothic dining room and antique desk. The tower was covered with an armillary sphere commissioned from artist [[François Schuiten]], who also signed the mural extending the imaginary garden of yesteryear.
* The {{ill|Cimetière de la Madeleine, Amiens|lt=Cimetière de la Madeleine|fr|Cimetière de La Madeleine à Amiens}} (Madeleine Cemetery)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somme-tourisme.com/cdt80/somme_tourisme/decouvrez/cote_jardins/cimetiere_paysager_de_la_madeleine |title=Somme Tourism Website (in French) |language=fr |publisher=Somme-tourisme.com |access-date=1 March 2013}}</ref> contains a number of listed monuments including the sculpture on [[Jules Verne's Tomb]]. His tomb is decorated with a sculpture by [[Albert Roze]] symbolising the resurrection: Jules Verne lifting the slab to glimpse the modern world.
* {{interlanguage link|Cimetière Saint-Acheul|fr|3=Cimetière Saint-Acheul|lt=Saint-Acheul cemetery}} where various Amiens personalities are buried and where there is a domed tomb with a sculpture by [[Auguste Rodin]].
* The Dewailly clock, by {{interlanguage link|Émile Ricquier|fr}} (completely redone in 1999), supplemented by the statue of ''Marie-sans chemise'' of Albert Roze, originally in the ''Place Gambetta''.
* The former insurance house, ''Rue Marotte'', built by E. Ricquier in 1893 (now a bar).
* The {{interlanguage link|Bibliothèques d'Amiens Métropole|fr|3=Bibliothèques d'Amiens Métropole|lt=Louis Aragon library}}, ''Rue de la République'', built by {{interlanguage link|François-Auguste Cheussey|fr}} in 1823, neoclassical style with a peristyle with columns in [[Tuscan order|Tuscan]] drums.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|IA80000172}}</ref>
* The monastery of the visitation, built between 1839 and 1841 by Herbault.
* The Palace of Justice, new buildings constructed by Cheussey in 1834 and 1846.
* The renovations by Cheussey (1816–1848) of the cathedral.
* Place Saint-Denis (now place René Goblet) is designed in 1839 by the architect François Auguste Cheussey.
* The parish church Saint-Firmin-le-Martyr by Cheussey in 1843.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|IA80000142}}</ref>
* The {{interlanguage link|Église Sainte-Anne d'Amiens|fr|3=Église Sainte-Anne d'Amiens|lt=Church of Sainte-Anne}} of the architect {{interlanguage link|Victor Delefortrie|fr}}.
* The {{interlanguage link|Église Saint-Rémi d'Amiens|fr|3=Église Saint-Rémi d'Amiens|lt=Church St-Rémi}} of architect {{interlanguage link|Victor Delefortrie|fr|3=Victor Delefortrie|lt=Paul Delefortrie}}.

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P7210050 Palais de justice Amiens.JPG|Palace of Justice (19th century, historic monuments).
Amiens - Hôtel Acloque 1.jpg|Hôtel Acloque (19th century, historic monuments, 1999).
Amiens Couvent-Visitation Facade-ouest 2010.JPG |The convent of the Visitation-Sainte-Marie (19th century, historic monuments).
</gallery>

=====Architecture from the 20th century=====
* The hotel Bouctot-Vagniez (seat of the Regional Chamber of commerce and industry), built by Louis Duthoit in 1909, a rare [[Art Nouveau]] building in Amiens.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00116058}}</ref>
* The English neighborhood, located on the road from Longueau, including a British phone box. An island of London in the heart of Amiens.
* The [[ESIEE Amiens]], designed by the architects Jean Dubus and Jean-Pierre Lott. A modern building identified by its saucer.
* Complex of [[Art Deco]] buildings on ''Rue Cauvin'', as well as the [[Gueudet]] garages<ref>{{Base Mérimée|IA80000165}}</ref> (''Rue des Otages'').
* Église Saint-Honoré, rebuilt between 1957 and 1961, by [[Paul Tournon]], on the plans of the pontifical pavilion of the {{interlanguage link|Universal exhibition of Paris|fr|3=Expositions universelles de Paris|lt=universal exhibition in Paris}} in 1937.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://inventaire.picardie.fr/docs/MERIMEEIA80000144.html |title=Amiens, faubourg de Beauvais, rue Dom-Bouquet : église paroissiale Saint-Honoré |first1=Isabelle |last1=Barbedor |last2=Mette |first2=Nathalie |year=1996 |work=inventaire.picardie.fr/ |access-date=10 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709225042/http://inventaire.picardie.fr/docs/MERIMEEIA80000144.html |archive-date=9 July 2013  }}</ref>
* The hotel Vagniez-Renon (current headquarters of the administrative tribunal): A former residence of Henriville, it houses a Moorish-style hydrotherapy room, designed by {{interlanguage link|Émile Ricquier|fr}}.
* The Saint-Pierre church, destroyed in 1940 and rebuilt in 1949 by Evrard, in glass and concrete, with a brick bell tower.
* {{interlanguage link|Le Courrier Picard|fr|3=Le Courrier Picard|lt=''Le Courrier Picard''}}: The headquarters of the daily life of Amiens, first ''Progrès de la Somme'', belongs to a set of [[Art Deco]] buildings.
* The monument of [[Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque]] by [[Jan and Joël Martel]] in 1950.
* The Carmel of the Holy Spirit, on the Montjoie Hill, built in 1965 by architect {{interlanguage link|Pierre Pinsard|fr}}.
* The {{interlanguage link|Maison de la culture d'Amiens|fr|3=Maison de la culture d'Amiens|lt=House of culture of Amiens}}, inaugurated on 19 March 1966 by [[André Malraux]], built by {{interlanguage link|Jean Duthilleul|fr}}.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|IA80000158}}</ref>
* The [[Coliséum]], inaugurated on 5 January 1996, built by the architect {{interlanguage link|ANPAR|fr|3=ANPAR|lt=Pierre Parat}} (designer of the [[Bercy Arena|Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy]]).
* The [[Stade de la Licorne]], built in 1999 by architects {{interlanguage link|Atelier d'architecture Chaix & Morel et associés|fr|3=Atelier d'architecture Chaix & Morel et associés|lt=Philippe Chaix}} and Jean-Paul Morel.

=====Architecture from the 21st century=====
* The ''Cinema [[Gaumont Film Company|Gaumont]] Amiens'' opened in 2005. It is the work of architects {{interlanguage link|Atelier d'architecture Chaix & Morel et associés|fr|3=Atelier d'architecture Chaix & Morel et associés|lt=Philippe Chaix and Jean-Paul Morel}}. The interior decoration is the work of [[Christian Lacroix]] and artists Alain Balzac and François Michel.
* The ''Verrière de la place de la [[gare d'Amiens]]'', also called the [[Canopy (biology)|Canopy]]. It is the work of architect [[Claude Vasconi]], known especially for the [[Forum des Halles]] in Paris. A subject of a controversy when it opened in March 2008, the canopy is designed to create a link between the [[pedestrian zone]] of the city center and the ZAC Gare la Vallée, and to become a business district of Amiens. Criticised<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://presse-libre-picarde.over-blog.com/article-36936745.html|title=Amiens La verrière : Une réalisation qui fait toujours débat.|first=Presse|last=indéPicarde|website=Presse indéPicarde|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615220418/http://presse-libre-picarde.over-blog.com/article-36936745.html|archive-date=15 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> for its massive and imposing area of more than {{convert|10000|m2|sqft}}, the canopy rises to {{convert|15|m|ft}} in height and is composed of pixellated glass panels created by {{interlanguage link|Bernard Pictet|fr}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lesmotspourvousdire.com/dotclear/index.php?2011/01/06/36-bernard-pictet-avec-claude-vasconi-la-verriere-de-la-gare-d-amiens |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111234536/http://www.lesmotspourvousdire.com/dotclear/index.php?2011%2F01%2F06%2F36-bernard-pictet-avec-claude-vasconi-la-verriere-de-la-gare-d-amiens |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2013 |title=Bernard Pictet avec Claude Vasconi, la verrière de la gare d'Amiens }}</ref> This is one of the largest canopies in Europe.
* The [[Zénith d'Amiens|Zenith of Amiens]] by [[Massimiliano Fuksas]], in the Renancourt neighborhood between the Mégacité and the Hippodrome. Construction was completed in 2008.

===Environmental heritage===
Amiens has {{convert|270|ha|acre}} of [[Urban open space|green space]] (excluding communal woodland)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/attractivite/amiens-ville-fleurie/amiens-ville-fleurie.html|title=Amiens, Ville fleurie|publisher=amiens.fr|access-date=10 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706135818/http://www.amiens.fr/attractivite/amiens-ville-fleurie/amiens-ville-fleurie.html|archive-date=6 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{convert|118300|ha|acre}} of ''hortillonnages'', {{convert|300|ha|acre}} of forests, {{convert|30|ha|acre}} of marshland, in addition to its river and its streams.

Floral City awarded the maximum score of 4 flowers in the [[Concours des villes et villages fleuris|floral contest of cities and villages]] of France to Amiens,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/actualite/2278/une-4eme-fleur-pour-amiens.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131017222733/http://www.amiens.fr/actualite/2278/une-4eme-fleur-pour-amiens.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 October 2013 |title=Une 4ème fleur pour Amiens |date=17 October 2013 |publisher=amiens.fr |access-date=17 October 2013 }}</ref> and it offers a particularly rich wooded heritage. With 38,650 trees (excluding woodland),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fr.calameo.com/read/001202835b70cb9edf0ed|title=Parcs et jardins : Au fil des saisons|first=Stéphanie|last=Bescond|date=14 October 2014|publisher=JDA n°733|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904084632/http://fr.calameo.com/read/001202835b70cb9edf0ed|archive-date=4 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> of which 17,000 are situated on highways,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/actions-projets/meilleures-conditions-vie/amelioration-cadre-vie/espaces-verts/arbres/inventaire.html |title=Les arbres – Inventaire |publisher=amiens.fr |access-date=10 July 2013 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Amiens to win the [[Concours des villes et villages fleuris|national tree award]]. In 2014, the city ranked in the top 10 greenest cities of France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.challenges.fr/economie/20140219.CHA0606/environnement-vivez-vous-dans-l-une-des-10-villes-les-plus-vertes-de-france.html|title=Environnement: vivez-vous dans l'une des 10 villes les plus vertes de France ?|first=Claire|last=Bouleau|date=19 February 2014|publisher=Challenges|access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref>

Presenting itself as a city concerned with the environment, Amiens has made the link between the city and nature a central axis of its metropolitan development project called ''Amiens 2030''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/actions-projets/meilleures-conditions-vie/projet-metropolitain/etat-avancement/deuxieme-phase/bilan-deuxieme-phase/bilan-deuxieme-phase.html |title=Projet Métropolitain – Bilan de la deuxième phase |publisher=amiens.fr |access-date=10 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111235751/http://www.amiens.fr/actions-projets/meilleures-conditions-vie/projet-metropolitain/etat-avancement/deuxieme-phase/bilan-deuxieme-phase/bilan-deuxieme-phase.html |archive-date=11 November 2013  }}</ref>

====The ''hortillonages''====
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Amiens is also known for the {{interlanguage link|hortillonnages|fr|3=Hortillonnages d'Amiens}}, gardens on small islands in over {{convert|300|ha|acre}} of marshland between the [[River Somme]] and [[Avre (Somme)|River Avre]], surrounded by a grid network of human-made canals (locally known as "rieux"). They are also known as the "floating gardens of Amiens".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visit-amiens.com/accueil/la_naturelle/les_hortillonnages |title=The Visit Amiens Website |language=fr |publisher=Visit-amiens.com |access-date=1 March 2013 |archive-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308075326/http://www.visit-amiens.com/accueil/la_naturelle/les_hortillonnages |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ''hortillonnages'' are sometimes called "Little Venice of the North", because of the canals.

''Hortillon'' means [[market garden]] in Picard, and derives from the Latin ''hortillus'', small garden. It is navigated in flat bottom boats, formerly called ''barque à cornet'' [Cornet boat], due to the very raised front, which allows the boats to easily dock on the fragile shores of the cultivated fields. It is the upstream port, located at the foot of the cathedral, where a weekly market is held on the water, although the arrival the growers by boat can only be accomplished once a year, in summer.

====Amiens Metropolitan Zoo====
Prior to its opening in May 1952, the {{interlanguage link|Zoo d'Amiens|fr|3=Zoo d'Amiens|lt=Amiens Zoo}} is a green space bordering the basin of the {{interlanguage link|Parc de la Hotoie|fr|3=Parc de la Hotoie|lt=Park of the Hotoie}}. It was the mayor of the time, {{interlanguage link|Maurice Vast|fr}}, who decided to develop the site in 1949. Originally intended as an entertainment venue, the zoo began its mission of conservation, education and research between 1970 and 1980. Between 1990 and 2000, the zoo was completely renovated and became a permanent member of the [[European Association of Zoos and Aquaria]] (EAZA) in 2001 and the {{interlanguage link|Association nationale des parcs zoologiques|fr|3=Association nationale des parcs zoologiques|lt=National Association of Zoological Parks}} (ANPZ) in 2002. Today, there are 300 animals, representing approximately 75 species from all continents, cohabiting on {{convert|6.5|ha|acre}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amiens.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/zoo/brochure_zoo.pdf|title=Zoo Amiens Métropole|date=5 April 2013|publisher=Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole|access-date=6 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509093237/http://amiens.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/zoo/brochure_zoo.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> They live in environments, which are close to their natural environment, favouring their well-being. In 2014, the zoo received 161,128 visitors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/actualite/3793/zoo-rouvre-1er-fevrier-pour-une-saison-pleine-surprises.html|title=Le zoo rouvre le 1er février pour une saison pleine de surprises !|date=27 January 2015|publisher=Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole|access-date=8 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904084632/http://www.amiens.fr/actualite/3793/zoo-rouvre-1er-fevrier-pour-une-saison-pleine-surprises.html|archive-date=4 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Traditionally, entry is free on 14 July, [[Bastille Day]].

<gallery mode="packed">
Maki vari roux Amiens.jpg|Red ruffed lemur ''([[Red ruffed lemur|Varecia rubra]])''
Gibbon Amiens 26873.jpg|Lar gibbons ''([[Lar gibbon|Hylobates lar]])''
Panda rouge Amiens 26871.jpg|Red panda ''([[Red panda|Ailurus fulgens]])''
Coati roux Amiens 1.jpg|South American coati ''([[South American coati|Nasua nasua]])''.
Éléphants d'Asie au zoo d'Amiens.jpg|Jena and Praya, the two Asian elephants ''([[Asian elephant|Elephas maximus]])''.
Otarie du zoo d'Amiens.jpg|California sea lion ''([[California sea lion|Zalophus californianus]])''
Manchots Amiens 02.jpg|Humboldt penguins ''([[Humboldt penguin|Spheniscus humboldti]])''
</gallery>

====The main parks and gardens====
[[File:Les principaux parcs d'Amiens.jpg|thumb|right|The principal parks and gardens in the city.]]

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# {{interlanguage link|Parc Saint-Pierre (Amiens)|fr|3=Parc Saint-Pierre (Amiens)|lt=Parc Saint-Pierre}}, between the Saint-Leu neighborhood and the ''hortillonnages'', a {{convert|22|ha|acre}} park in the heart of the city, which was awarded the {{interlanguage link|Prix du paysage|fr}} in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/Prix-du-paysage-2005.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070630020502/http://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/Prix-du-paysage-2005.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-06-30|title=Prix du paysage 2005}}</ref>
# {{interlanguage link|Parc du Grand Marais d'Amiens|fr|3=Parc du Grand Marais d'Amiens|lt=Parc du Grand Marais}}, along the Somme Canal, to the west of the city. Covering over {{convert|25|ha|acre}}, this park has many sports facilities: American football stadium, skate [[Skatepark|bowl]], football field, play structures.
# {{interlanguage link|Jardin des plantes d'Amiens|fr|3=Jardin des plantes d'Amiens|lt=Jardin des plantes}} originally called the ''Jardin du Roy''. Created in 1751, it is the oldest garden of Amiens on the ''Boulevard du jardin des plantes''.
# Square Pierre Marie Saquez on ''Rue des Cordeliers''
# {{interlanguage link|Parc de l'Evéché d'Amiens|fr}}, at the foot of the cathedral on ''Place Saint-Michel''
# Jardin médiéval on ''Impasse Joron''
# Square Beauregard on ''Rue Louis Thuillier''
# {{interlanguage link|Parc Jean Rostand|fr}} on ''Rue Vulfran Warmé''
# {{interlanguage link|Château de Montières|fr|3=Château de Montières|lt=Parc du Château de Montières}} on ''Rue Baudoin d'Ailly''
# Parc du Petit Marais on the ''Avenue des cygnes''
# Square Paul Gauguin on the ''Avenue de la paix''
# {{interlanguage link|Parc de la Hotoie|fr}}
# Marais des trois vaches
# Parc du Château blanc, on the ''Route de Rouen''
# {{interlanguage link|Bois Bonvallet|fr}}
# Square de la rose des vents on ''Rue du Docteur Fafet''
# Plaine Saint Ladre
# Parc Léon Pille on ''Rue de l'Agrappin''
# {{interlanguage link|Zoo d'Amiens|fr}} on the ''Esplanade de la Hotoie''
# {{interlanguage link|Cimetière de La Madeleine (Amiens)|fr|3=Cimetière de La Madeleine (Amiens)|lt=Cimetière de la Madeleine}}, on ''Rue Saint Maurice''
# {{interlanguage link|Square Saint-Denis d'Amiens|fr|3=Square Saint-Denis d'Amiens|lt=Le Square Saint-Denis}}
# Square Montplaisir, on ''Place Joffre''
# Square Aimé Césaire, on ''Boulevard de Belfort''
# {{interlanguage link|Clos Alexandre (Amiens)|fr|3=Clos Alexandre (Amiens)|lt=Clos Alexandre}}, jardin floral et paysager privé
# {{interlanguage link|Cimetière Saint-Acheul|fr}}, on ''Rue de Cagny''
# {{interlanguage link|Jardin archéologique de Saint-Acheul|fr}}, on ''Rue de Boutillerie''
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As a floral city, 4 flowers were awarded in 2013 by the National Council of Cities and Villages of France for the [[Concours des villes et villages fleuris|competition of floral cities and villages]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/attractivite/amiens-ville-fleurie/amiens-ville-fleurie.html|title=Amiens, ville fleurie|work=amiens.fr|access-date=9 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623042345/http://www.amiens.fr/attractivite/amiens-ville-fleurie/amiens-ville-fleurie.html|archive-date=23 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The national Council of Cities and Villages awarded the [[Concours des villes et villages fleuris|2012 National Tree Prize]] to the city for "its exceptional and innovative management of its wooded heritage" with its 37,000 trees, some more than a century old.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Ingrid|last=Lemaire|title=Auprès de mon arbre|journal=Amiens Forum|issue=33|date=July 2012}}</ref>

===Cultural heritage===

====Museums====
[[File:Musée de Picardie Amiens.jpg|thumb|right|[[Musée de Picardie]]]]
* The [[Musée de Picardie]] is a key site in the history of the National Museum, since it is the first building to have been built in France to serve as a museum.<ref>Collectif, " Amiens Ville d'Art et d'Histoire – le guide ". " Musée de Picardie ", éditions du patrimoine, centre des monuments nationaux, 2007, pp.116–121.</ref> Built under the Second Empire on the model of the new [[Louvre Palace|Louvre of Napoleon III]], it opened its doors to the public in 1867 after the visit of the emperor. Considered the French model of a 19th-century museum, it was nicknamed the "Little Louvre of the Province".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dev.encyclopedie.picardie.fr/Naissance-du-musee-de-Picardie-le.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701224034/http://dev.encyclopedie.picardie.fr/Naissance-du-musee-de-Picardie-le.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2013 |title=Naissance du musée de Picardie, le " Petit Louvre " amiénois |first1=Henri |last1=Berlemont |first2=Maryvonne |last2=Pellay |date=28 January 2013 |publisher=encyclopedie.picardie.fr |access-date=2 May 2013 }}</ref> It hosted very early rich collections which are now divided into four departments:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amiens.fr/votre_vie_quotidienne/vie_culturelle/musees_damiens/musee_de_picardie.html |title=Musée de Picardie |publisher=Ville d'Amiens |access-date=17 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123130609/http://amiens.fr/votre_vie_quotidienne/vie_culturelle/musees_damiens/musee_de_picardie.html |archive-date=23 January 2013 }}</ref> [[Archaeology]] in the basement, the [[Medieval art]] on the ground floor, fine arts on the ground floor and the first floor, and [[modern art|modern]] and [[contemporary art]] on the first floor. Rooms are also devoted to temporary exhibitions. The department of fine arts brings together paintings by [[Anthony van Dyck|Van Dyck]], [[Jacob Jordaens|Jordaens]], [[Salomon van Ruysdael|Ruysdael]], [[El Greco]], [[Jusepe de Ribera|Ribera]], [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo|Tiepolo]], [[Francesco Guardi|Guardi]], [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard|Fragonard]], [[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin|Chardin]], [[François Boucher|Boucher]], [[Maurice Quentin de La Tour|Quentin de La Tour]], [[Simon Vouet|Vouet]], [[Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot|Corot]] and [[Gustave Courbet|Courbet]]. The modern and contemporary collection is represented by [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]], [[Francis Picabia|Picabia]], [[Balthus]], [[Jean Dubuffet|Dubuffet]], [[Jean Hélion|Hélion]], [[Francis Bacon (artist)|Bacon]], [[Joan Miró|Miró]] and [[Alfred Manessier|Manessier]]. Access to the picture galleries of the first floor is by a mounumental staircase in a setting dedicated to the famous wall compositions of [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]].<ref>{{Base Mérimée|IA80000175}}</ref>

[[File:Amiens - Hotel de Berny.JPG|thumb|right|[[Musée de l'Hôtel de Berny]]]]
* The [[Hotel de Berny Museum]] is a regional museum of local art and history. This building, typical of the [[Louis XIII style|Louis XIII architecture]], was built in 1634 as a mansion of the treasurers of France. Property of [[Gérard de Berny]], Senator of the Somme in the first half of the 20th century, has restored the façades and settled its collections. Located a few metres from the cathedral, this [[Museum of France]] retains an exceptional collection of woodwork, furniture and objets d'art (tapestries, ceramics, ironworks) and memories (objects and arrays) of Amiens personalities:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amiens.fr/votre_vie_quotidienne/vie_culturelle/musees_damiens/musee_de_lhotel_de_berny.html |title=Le Musée de l'Hôtel de Berny |publisher=Ville d'Amiens |access-date=17 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123130632/http://amiens.fr/votre_vie_quotidienne/vie_culturelle/musees_damiens/musee_de_lhotel_de_berny.html |archive-date=23 January 2013  }}</ref> [[Jules Verne]], [[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos|Choderlos de Laclos]], [[Édouard Branly]], [[Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset|Jean-Baptiste Gresset]], [[Vincent Voiture]], [[Joseph Pinchon]], [[Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque|Maréchal Leclerc]]. The museum is currently undergoing a complete renovation of its buildings and an overhaul of the installation of its museum collections.

[[File:Amiens Tour Jules Verne (depuis boulevard) 1a.jpg|thumb|right|The {{interlanguage link|House of Jules Verne|fr|3=maison de Jules Verne}} from the ''Mail Albert 1st'']]
* The {{interlanguage link|House of Jules Verne|fr|3=Maison de Jules Verne}}, labeled [[Maisons des Illustres]], is the home of the most translated writer in the world after Agatha Christie:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/xtrans/bsstatexp.aspx?crit1L=5&nTyp=min&topN=50|title=Top 50 Authors of All Time|access-date=17 February 2013|publisher=Unesco |work=Index Translationum}}</ref> [[Jules Verne]]. He lived here from 1882 to 1900 with his wife Honorine, and wrote part of his work in this mansion of the 19th century. To visit is to enter into the intimate and creative universe of the author. The building largely retains its original decor and opens almost all of its rooms, from the ground floor to the attic. The permanent collections are presented on two floors, in the attic, the tower and the belvedere of the house: Approximately 700 collected objects evoke the personality, sources of inspiration and memories of Jules Verne.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.amiens-tourisme.com/tourinsoft/details/patrimoineculturel/PCUPIC0800010614/PCU|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080914162351/http://www.amiens-tourisme.com/tourinsoft/details/patrimoineculturel/PCUPIC0800010614/PCU|url-status= dead|archive-date= 14 September 2008|title= Maison de Jules Verne|publisher= Office de tourisme d'Amiens|access-date= 17 February 2013}}</ref> Costumed tours, performances, parties and literary encounters of thematic conferences are also regularly organised.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jules-verne.net/maison-jules-verne.html |title=La Maison de Jules Verne |publisher=Centre international Jules Verne |access-date=17 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023034312/http://www.jules-verne.net/maison-jules-verne.html |archive-date=23 October 2012  }}</ref>
* The Gallery of [[stained glass]] is located in the workshop of master glassmaker Claude Barre, in a 16th-century house near to the cathedral. It presents a large collection to the public, including religious stained-glass windows and interiors, from the 11th to the 19th century. The gallery also offers demonstrations on the techniques of stained glass.
* The {{interlanguage link|House of culture of Amiens|fr|3=Maison de la culture d'Amiens}} (MCA or MACU) was inaugurated on 19 March 1966 by [[André Malraux]]. A major {{interlanguage link|Établissement public de coopération culturelle|fr|3=Établissement public de coopération culturelle|lt=cultural institution}} in the region, it has two exhibition halls for [[contemporary art]]; the Matisse Hall and the Giacometti Room, which both regularly host exhibitions of sculptures, photographs and plastic arts.
* The [[Fonds régional d'art contemporain]] of Picardie (FRAC Picardie), created in 1983, aims to promote contemporary art, in particular through dissemination actions. As early as 1985, FRAC Picardie had specialised its action in the field of the design and its contemporary dimensions. It is also interested in new media, on and off paper, since artists are now working through the video medium. This has allowed it to acquire a good reputation in France and abroad.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.evene.fr/culture/lieux/frac-picardie-938.php |title= FRAC Picardie|work= Evene.fr |access-date=17 February 2013}}</ref> In 30 years, the FRAC has brought together a unique collection of a thousand drawings which include major names of contemporary art, such as [[Jean-Michel Basquiat|Basquiat]], [[Jean Dubuffet|Dubuffet]], [[Dennis Oppenheim|Oppenheim]], [[Cy Twombly|Twombly]], [[Roberto Matta|Matta]], and [[Alfred Manessier|Manessier]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/le-dessin-l-art-du-trait-et-de-la-ligne-ia167b0n70166|title=Le dessin, l'art du trait et de la ligne|first=Estelle|last=Thiébault|date=2 May 2013|work=Courrier picard|access-date=4 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111234955/http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/le-dessin-l-art-du-trait-et-de-la-ligne-ia167b0n70166|archive-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> In 2001, discussions are undertaken to construct a new building to accommodate the [[fonds]] and its collections.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frac-picardie.org/frac_picardie/frac_picardie/nouvelle.htm|title= FRAC Picardie, un projet de développement|publisher= Frac Picardie|access-date= 17 February 2013|archive-date= 7 August 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120807065225/http://www.frac-picardie.org/frac_picardie/frac_picardie/nouvelle.htm|url-status= dead}}</ref>

Amiens was strongly tipped to host the [[Louvre-Lens|Louvre II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/oise/pas-de-louvre-ii-en-picardie-30-11-2004-2005497865.php|title=Pas de Louvre II en Picardie|first=Mathilde|last=Brazeau|date=30 November 2004|work=Le Parisien|access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref>

====Concert halls====

The city has a number of concert spaces, mostly small venues, and pubs also host numerous concerts throughout the year.
* The [[Zénith d'Amiens|Zenith of Amiens]] was inaugurated in September 2008. With a capacity of 6,000 seats, it is the work of the Italian architect [[Massimiliano Fuksas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zenith-amiens.fr/a-propos/|title=Présentation : Amiens Métropole|work=zenith-amiens.fr|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202102432/http://www.zenith-amiens.fr/a-propos/|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Holder of the required [[Le Zénith|Zénith]] label, this facility allows the hosting of national and international headline acts and ensures a high level of services and organisation. The accessibility of the place by motorway (A16, A29, A1), and the possibilities of free parking, the venue radiates to Belgium and to the Paris region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zenith-amiens.fr/acces-et-parking/|title=Comment se rendre au Zénith Amiens Métropole ?|work=zenith-amiens.fr|access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref>
* The {{interlanguage link|Mégacité d'Amiens|fr|3=Mégacité d'Amiens|lt=megacity}} is the Park of the Congress and Exhibitions of Amiens. Located in immediate proximity of the Zenith of Amiens and the [[Stade de la Licorne]], there are two auditoriums of 350 and 1,000 places<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.megacite.fr/les-espaces/megacite-un-espace-performant|title=Mégacité, un espace performant|work=megacite.fr|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203053915/http://www.megacite.fr/les-espaces/megacite-un-espace-performant|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> where concerts and {{interlanguage link|Spectacle comique|fr|3=Spectacle comique|lt=comedy shows}} are programmed.
* {{interlanguage link|Cirque Jules-Verne|fr}}, the biggest grand circus of France, has about 1,700 seating spaces since its renovation in 2003. It welcomes, among other shows, concerts.
* The {{interlanguage link|Maison de la culture d'Amiens|fr|3=Maison de la culture d'Amiens|lt=House of culture of Amiens}} offers many live shows and concerts. It manages also New Dreams, a room for 120 seated or 300 standing, which also hosts concerts.
* The Auditorium Henri Dutilleux is the auditorium of the {{interlanguage link|Conservatoire à rayonnement régional d'Amiens|fr}}. With high acoustic quality, it offers 370 seats on three levels. It offers mainly classical concerts.
* {{interlanguage link|La Lune des Pirates|fr}} is the {{interlanguage link|Musiques actuelles|fr|3=Musiques actuelles|lt=stage of contemporary music}} (SMAC) of the city. Created in 1987 in a former banana warehouse of the Belu Wharf, La Lune has a capacity of 250 seats.

====Theaters====
[[File:Amiens France Maison-de-la-Culture-01.jpg|thumb|right|The {{interlanguage link|Maison de la culture d'Amiens|fr|3=Maison de la culture d'Amiens|lt=House of Culture of Amiens}}]]
* The {{interlanguage link|Maison de la culture d'Amiens|fr|3=Maison de la culture d'Amiens|lt=House of Culture of Amiens}} has the {{interlanguage link|Scène nationale|fr}} accreditation from the [[Ministry of Culture (France)|Ministry of Culture]]. Cultural place of the city, its mission is broad and covers many disciplines: theatre, music, dance, cinema and visual arts. It brings together two theatres: the ''Grand Théâtre'' (1,070 seats) and the ''Petit Théâtre'' (300 seats).
* The {{interlanguage link|Comédie de Picardie|fr}} (ComDePic) is one of the city's main theatres. This {{interlanguage link|Scène conventionnée|fr}} was founded in 1989 by the [[Regional Council of Picardy]] and offers fifteen plays every year. The theatre has a room of 400 places and houses its own company.
* The Maison du Théâtre was established in April 1988 in the historic neighborhood of {{interlanguage link|Saint-Leu (Amiens)|fr|3=Saint-Leu (Amiens)|lt=Saint-Leu}}. Its activities range from creation to dissemination, training and theatrical information. Focused on contemporary theatre, the ''Maison du Théâtre'' also hosts local theatrical companies and their creations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/maison-theatre/maison-theatre.html |title=Maison du Théâtre |work=amiens.fr |access-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210043955/http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/maison-theatre/maison-theatre.html |archive-date=10 February 2014  }}</ref>
* The puppet theatre "Chés cabotants of Amiens", founded in 1933, is the heir of some eighty cabotan theatres which were created in Amiens in the 19th century. Amiens is known as the French capital of the puppet son.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somme-tourisme.com/cdt80/somme_tourisme/decouvrez/videos/ches_cabotans_marionnettes_a_fil|title=Chés Cabotans, marionnettes à fil|work=somme-tourisme.com|access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> Since 1997, a theatre is dedicated to [[Chés Cabotans|Chés Cabotans of Amiens]] and its popular hero Lafleur. It is located in the heart of the Saint-Leu neighborhood.
* The Boîte à Rire is a [[café-théâtre]], created in September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/amiens-inaugure-son-nouveau-cafe-theatre-la-boite-a-rire-116711|title=Amiens inaugure son nouveau café-théâtre : la Boîte à Rire|date=21 September 2012|publisher=France Télévisions|access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> This 48-seat hall is located near to [[Amiens Cathedral]], and proudly displays a [[One-person show|one-man show]] and [[Boulevard theatre (aesthetic)|Boulevard theatre]].

====Cultural Centers====
Amiens Métropole has nine cultural centers which cover much of the metropolitan area: six in various districts of Amiens, and three in the neighbouring communes of [[Longueau]], [[Camon, Somme|Camon]] and [[Glisy]]. These outreach facilities working in the field of art and creation are openly oriented "venues". Open to all, they offer an eclectic programme; theatre and concerts, shows for young people and dance, projections of films, exhibitions, meetings and debates. In 2013, they accommodated 48,000 people.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://fr.calameo.com/read/0012028358080c828ad06|title=Ces centres ont la culture de proximité|journal=JDA|issue=706|date=29 January 2014|id=amiens.fr|access-date=20 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904084632/http://fr.calameo.com/read/0012028358080c828ad06|archive-date=4 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The ''Briqueterie'' was installed in 2001 on the site of the former Friant military barracks in the Elbeuf neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/autres-equipements/centres-culturels-structures-proximite/briqueterie/briqueterie.html |title=La Briqueterie |work=amiens.fr |access-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202144726/http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/autres-equipements/centres-culturels-structures-proximite/briqueterie/briqueterie.html |archive-date=2 February 2014  }}</ref> As part of its programming, it hosts concerts, as well as exhibitions, public theatre and shows for youths. To this end, it has a room that can accommodate 120 people.
* The ''Jacques Tati cultural center'' is located in the heart of the Pierre Rollin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/autres-equipements/centres-culturels-structures-proximite/centre-culturel-jacques-tati/centre-culturel-jacques-tati.html |title=Centre culturel Jacques Tati |work=amiens.fr |access-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202150232/http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/autres-equipements/centres-culturels-structures-proximite/centre-culturel-jacques-tati/centre-culturel-jacques-tati.html |archive-date=2 February 2014  }}</ref> Opened in January 2008, the Jacques Tati theatre has 198 seats<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccjt.fr/espacepro,espacepro.html |title=Le théâtre |work=Centre Culturel Jacques Tati |access-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827190809/http://ccjt.fr/espacepro%2Cespacepro.html |archive-date=27 August 2013  }}</ref> and hosts plays, public youth performances, and concerts.
* The ''Léo-Lagrange cultural center'' is located in Saint Germain district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/autres-equipements/centres-culturels-structures-proximite/centre-culturel-leo-lagrange/centre-culturel-leo-lagrange.html |title=Centre Culturel Léo Lagrange |work=amiens.fr |access-date=20 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222001354/http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/autres-equipements/centres-culturels-structures-proximite/centre-culturel-leo-lagrange/centre-culturel-leo-lagrange.html |archive-date=22 February 2014  }}</ref> A venue for exhibitions, meetings and performances of music, theatre, dance and circus, it has a room of 85 seats named the chapel.
* The ''CSC'' is installed in the heart of the Etouvie neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/autres-equipements/centres-culturels-structures-proximite/centre-social-culturel-etouvie/centre-social-culturel-etouvie.html |title=Centre Social et Culturel Etouvie |work=amiens.fr |access-date=20 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221235848/http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/autres-equipements/centres-culturels-structures-proximite/centre-social-culturel-etouvie/centre-social-culturel-etouvie.html |archive-date=21 February 2014  }}</ref> Its missions include the dissemination of exhibitions and performances. To this end, it has a room of 150 seats.
* The ''Étoile du sud'' is located in the neighbourhood Victorine-Autier. This cultural center is specialized in urban cultures and has the peculiarity of having a computer ({{abbr|MAO|Musique assistée par ordinateur (Computer music)}}) recording studio.
* The ''Safran'' is located in the north neighborhood of Amiens. This 'multidisciplinary and experimental' {{interlanguage link|Scène conventionnée|fr}} offers diverse programming:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/safran/safran.html |title=Safran |work=amiens.fr |access-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210115529/http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/safran/safran.html |archive-date=10 February 2014  }}</ref> Drama, public youth shows, dance and exhibitions. Its theatre hall, known as ''Gérard-Philipe'' has 220 spaces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petitfute.com/adresse/etablissement/id/422423/theatre-gerard-philipe-s-amuser-sortir-spectacles-theatre-amiens|title=THÉÂTRE GERARD-PHILIPE|work=Petit Futé|access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> Saffron also hosts a music complex, the ''Cité Carter'', which offers rehearsal studios, recording sessions and organises concerts of contemporary music in its 250-seat hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webrankinfo.com/annuaire/site-84610.htm|title=Cité Carter, studio d'enregistrement à Amiens (80)|work=webrankinfo.com|access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref>

====Libraries====
The {{interlanguage link|Bibliothèques d'Amiens Métropole|fr}} is a network of 28 facilities spread over the whole territory of the metropolis. The heart of this network is the Louis Aragon library, located on ''Rue de la République''. Built between 1823 and 1826, it is one of the oldest municipal libraries in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adbgv.asso.fr/index.php?page=detail&choix=80021|title=Amiens|date=2 February 2012|publisher=Association des directeurs des bibliothèques municipales et intercommunales des grandes villes de France|access-date=2 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111235256/http://www.adbgv.asso.fr/index.php?page=detail&choix=80021|archive-date=11 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> It experienced several improvements, including campaigns of work between 1982 and 1993, which have endowed it with new spaces: Two auditoriums, a youth space, a library and an art library.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bibliotheques.amiens.fr/medias/medias.aspx?INSTANCE=exploitation&PORTAL_ID=portal_model_instance__historique.xml&VIEW=HOME|title=Historique des bibliothèques|work=bibliotheques.amiens.fr|access-date=2 May 2013|archive-date=10 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910081255/http://bibliotheques.amiens.fr/medias/medias.aspx?INSTANCE=exploitation&PORTAL_ID=portal_model_instance__historique.xml&VIEW=HOME|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Registration and borrowing is free for all of the people of Amiens in all libraries. Two libraries also provide service to neighborhoods and the communes of the agglomeration, and there is home delivery of documents for people with reduced mobility.

====Cinemas====
There are three cinemas:
* The ''Cinema Gaumont Amiens'' (12 rooms, 2,700 seats) was inaugurated in September 2005. Located just steps from the [[Gare d'Amiens|Amiens railway station]], it has a large lobby and a 600-seat room. A 500-space car park is located under the cinema. It is the work of the architects {{interlanguage link|Atelier d'architecture Chaix & Morel et associés|fr|3=Atelier d'architecture Chaix & Morel et associés|lt=Philippe Chaix and Jean-Paul Morel}} and its interior decoration was entrusted to [[Christian Lacroix]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://crdp.ac-amiens.fr/idp/amiens-80-cinema-gaumont/|title=Amiens – Cinéma Gaumont|publisher=Centre régional de documentation pédagogique d'Amiens|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201182720/http://crdp.ac-amiens.fr/idp/amiens-80-cinema-gaumont/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, this multiplex received 887,000 cinemagoers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courrier-picard.fr/courrier/Actualites/Info-locale/Amiens-et-Metropole/Le-Gaumont-la-super-production-de-2011|title=AMIENS Le Gaumont, la super production de 2011|first=Jeanne|last=Demilly|date=9 January 2012|publisher=Le Courrier picard|access-date=25 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203203201/http://www.courrier-picard.fr/courrier/Actualites/Info-locale/Amiens-et-Metropole/Le-Gaumont-la-super-production-de-2011|archive-date=3 February 2014}}</ref>
* The ''Cine-Saint-Leu'' (one room with 250 seats) was inaugurated in October 2000,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://w2.amiens.com/cinestleu/|title=Présentation : Le ciné St Leu|publisher=Ciné Saint-Leu|access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> after the closure of the Regent Cinema located near the railway station. An [[Art film|arthouse]] cinema, it is part of the major cultural facilities of the Cathedral Centre. Its eclectic and cinephile programming offers the possibility to see the [[Dubbing (filmmaking)#France|original version]] of contemporary films.
* The ''Studio Orson Welles'' (one room with 180 seats in the {{interlanguage link|Maison de la culture d'Amiens|fr}}). An arthouse cinema operated by the {{interlanguage link|Maison de la culture d'Amiens|fr}}, it offers arthouse films as well as retrospectives of great names of the seventh art, old or contemporary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maisondelaculture-amiens.com/www/cinema_orson_welles|title=Le cinéma Orson Welles|work=maisondelaculture-amiens.com|access-date=25 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140126025925/http://www.maisondelaculture-amiens.com/www/cinema_orson_welles|archive-date=26 January 2014}}</ref>

===Cultural events and festivals===
Throughout the year, Amiens is the seat of many cultural, traditional or economic events.

[[File:Royal de luxe à Amiens en 2005.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Royal de luxe]] company during the 28th ''Fête dans la ville'' in 2005.]]
[[File:Hortillonnagesdamiens2010.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Festival Art'', city and landscape in the ''hortillonnages'']]
[[File:Amiens Cathédrale Spectacle 190908 05.jpg|thumb|right|Detail of the [[son et lumière (show)|son et lumière]] show of ''Amiens, la cathédrale en couleurs''.]]
[[File:La Grande Réderie d'Amiens 2013.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Grande Réderie d'Amiens'']]
[[File:La façade de la Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens illuminée en tout couleur.JPG|thumb|right|''Amiens, la cathédrale en couleurs''.]]
[[File:Fête au bord de l'eau 2013 à Amiens.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Fête au bord de l'eau'']]
[[File:Vue generale.jpg|thumb|right|The 13th {{interlanguage link|Rendez-vous de la bande dessinée d'Amiens|fr|3=Rendez-vous de la bande dessinée d'Amiens|lt=''Rendez-Vous de la Bande Dessinée d'Amiens''}} in 2008.]]
[[File:Marché de Noël d'Amiens.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Carnival of Binche|Gilles of Binche]] at the inauguration of the Christmas market in 2013.]]
[[File:Un été en musique Amiens.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Un été en musique'' event at the Jules Bocquet bandstand.]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;margin:1em auto"
|+ Annual Events
! Month
! Event
! Subject
! Number of editions (In 2015)
|-
! January
| style="text-align:center;"|''Festival Tendance Europe''
| This festival, organised by the {{interlanguage link|Maison de la culture d'Amiens|fr}}, is dedicated to contemporary creation. Programming highlights emerging European artists in a variety of areas: Theatre, dance, music, circus arts and visual arts.
| style="text-align:center;"| 9
|-
! February
| style="text-align:center;"|''Salon des Antiquaires''
| The ''Salon des Antiquaires'' of the city is held, every year, at the {{interlanguage link|Megacity of Amiens|fr|3=Mégacité d'Amiens|lt=Megacity}}. Its reputation makes it one of the most important events of its kind in the north of the France.
| style="text-align:center;"| 12
|-
!rowspan="2"| March
| style="text-align:center;"|''Festival du jeu et de l'imaginaire : À toi de Jouer''
| This festival is dedicated to playing and imagination, featuring board games, card games, video games, roleplaying, comics and manga. Many tournaments are organized during this event which takes place at {{interlanguage link|Megacity of Amiens|fr|3=Mégacité d'Amiens|lt=Megacity}}. The first edition was held on 12 and 13 May 2012 with {{interlanguage link|Simon Astier|fr}} for sponsor.
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|''Salon du chocolat et gourmandises en Picardie''
| For three days at the {{interlanguage link|Megacity of Amiens|fr|3=Mégacité d'Amiens|lt=Megacity}}, the fair offers demonstrations, parades, contests around the theme of chocolate and food in general.
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
|-
! April
| style="text-align:center;"|{{interlanguage link|Grande Réderie d'Amiens|fr|3=Grande réderie d'Amiens|lt=''Grande réderie de printemps''}}
| The {{interlanguage link|Grande Réderie d'Amiens|fr|3=Grande réderie d'Amiens|lt=''Grande réderie de printemps''}} ([[jumble sale]]) is a popular event that takes place twice a year: in spring (the last Sunday in April) and autumn (the first Sunday in October). After the [[Braderie de Lille]], the Réderie of Amiens is the second largest event of its kind in France. It hosts more than 2,000 professional traders and individuals as well as 80,000 to 100,000 visitors to each edition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.destination-somme.com/fr/actualites/51-grande-rederie-de-printemps-a-amiens-/|title=La Réderie d'Amiens|work=destination-somme.com|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726073136/http://www.destination-somme.com/fr/actualites/51-grande-rederie-de-printemps-a-amiens-/|archive-date=26 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|-
! May
| style="text-align:center;"|''Leitura furiosa''
| This festival, organized by the association "Cardan", offers various free activities relating to the world of words: Workshops, calligraphy, typography, writing games, [[Poetry slam|slam]] and shows.
| style="text-align:center;"| 23
|-
!rowspan="4"| June
| style="text-align:center;"|''Foire Exposition de Picardie''
| It takes place at the park of the congress and exhibitions of Amiens, the {{interlanguage link|Megacity of Amiens|fr|3=Mégacité d'Amiens|lt=Megacity}}. During nine days, it hosts approximately 50,000 visitors, 300 exhibitors and more than 20 activities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.foire-de-picardie.com/|title=80e Foire exposition de Picardie|website=foire-de-picardie.com|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612212701/http://www.foire-de-picardie.com/|archive-date=12 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 76
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|{{interlanguage link|Rendez-vous de la bande dessinée d'Amiens|fr|3=Rendez-vous de la bande dessinée d'Amiens|lt=''Rendez-Vous de la Bande Dessinée d'Amiens''}}
| This comic strip festival, organised by the association "Explorers on the bubble", is one of the most important [[Festival de bande dessinée|comic strip festivals in France]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog-picard.fr/bulles-picardes/non-classe/la-bd-en-2012-toujours-plus/ |title=La BD en 2012, toujours plus |date=30 December 2012 |work=Le Courrier picard |access-date=28 January 2014 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160524015615/http://blog-picard.fr/bulles-picardes/non-classe/la-bd-en-2012-toujours-plus/ |archive-date=24 May 2016 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Created in 1996, it takes place each first weekend in June, in the University Library of the Cathedral hub. Various activities in connection with the festival are also organized at different places in the city.
| style="text-align:center;"| 20
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|''Fête dans la ville''
| This international festival of [[street theatre]] is also known under the name of "The street is in Amiens". Created in 1977, it invited 20 companies for four days of performances, parades, fairground theatre, and circus performances in the streets of the city.
| style="text-align:center;"| 38
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|''Marché sur l'eau''
| Once a year, in the context of the "Festival in the city", the walking on water takes place. Growers (gardeners) in traditional costumes boat down the [[Somme (River)|Somme]] with their crafts loaded with fruit and vegetables from the ''hortillonnages''.
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|-
! June to July
| style="text-align:center;"|''Foire de la Saint Jean''
| It is the largest funfair in the north of the France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://videos.tf1.fr/jt-13h/la-foire-saint-jean-rendez-vous-incontournable-a-amiens-7393577.html |title=La foire Saint Jean rendez-vous incontournable à Amiens |work=JT de 13H de TF1 |date=29 June 2012 |publisher=TF1 |access-date=29 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708085846/http://videos.tf1.fr/jt-13h/la-foire-saint-jean-rendez-vous-incontournable-a-amiens-7393577.html |archive-date=8 July 2012 }}</ref> It takes place during 3 weeks between mid-June and mid-July on the esplanade of {{interlanguage link|Parc de la Hotoie|fr|3=Parc de la Hotoie|lt=Hotoie}}.
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|-
!rowspan="2"| June to September
| style="text-align:center;"|''[[Amiens Cathedral#Renaissance polychrome sculpture|Amiens, la cathédrale en couleurs]]''
| Created in 1999, this [[Son et lumière (show)|son et lumière]] show is the first world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ina.fr/video/CAB99052794|title=Colorisation cathédrale Amiens|work=JT de 20H de France 2|date=25 December 1999|publisher=Institut national de l'audiovisuel|access-date=22 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224115011/http://www.ina.fr/video/CAB99052794|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Daily from mid-June to mid-September as well as in December, in the dark, the medieval colors of the portals of the façade of the [[Amiens Cathedral|cathedral]] are reborn thanks to projections of digital images. Since its inception, nearly two million people have attended the free event.
| style="text-align:center;"| 15
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|''Un été en musique''
| This summer event, conducted from June to September, offers a series of free concerts outdoors (at ''Place René Goblet'' and ''Place Gambetta'', and the Jules Bocquet bandstand). Programming is mainly of local artists.
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|-
! June to October
| style="text-align:center;"|''Festival Art, villes et paysage – Hortillonnages Amiens''
| This festival, organized by the {{interlanguage link|Maison de la culture d'Amiens|fr}}, was born in 2010 under the heading "Imagine it now". Invited are landscapers, visual artists, architects and designers involved in the ''hortillonnages''. In total, twenty artists facilities and landscaped gardens are located in several places in the ''hortillonnages''. These unusual works (such as floating sculptures, reinvented huts, diverted gardens, revisited gardens) are visible either by walking track or boat, from June to October.
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
|-
!rowspan="2"| July
| style="text-align:center;"|''Voyage au cœur de l'été''
| The event, which takes place every July in the ''Espace Dewailly''. The programming consists of live performances around world cultures, traditions, folklore and modernity.
| style="text-align:center;"| 11
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|''Bal du 14 juillet''
| This ball takes place on the ''Place de l'hôtel de ville''. It is followed by a fireworks display at the {{interlanguage link|parc de la Hotoie|fr}}.
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|-
! July to August
| style="text-align:center;"|''Un été à Amiens''
| This summer event, conducted by the city hall of Amiens, brings together four concepts spread across three sites in the city: "Amiens-les-Bains" (children) and "Beach Attitude" (adolescents) in the Parc Saint Pierre, "Zen Attitude" in ''Place Gambetta'' and "Sportez-vous bien" at Grand Marais.
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!rowspan="2"| August
| style="text-align:center;"|''Défi Jules Verne''
| This event, also known as "Montgolfiade", commemorates the first balloon flight (1873) of the most illustrious adopted son of Amiens: [[Jules Verne]]. Its uniqueness lies in the take-off of many balloons and unusual machines (between 20 and 30) from the {{interlanguage link|Parc de la Hotoie|fr}}. Music with readings of excerpts from novels by [[Jules Verne]] accompany their flight in the sky of the city. Subject to favourable weather conditions, this event takes place every month of August.
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| style="text-align:center;"|''Bal de la libération''
| This festive event, which is held at the ''Place de l'hôtel de ville'', celebrates the liberation of the city on 31 August 1944. It joins the various commemorations and tributes traditionally organised there on this day.
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|-
! September
| style="text-align:center;"|''Fête au bord de l'eau''
| This traditional festival, organised by the association "Jacobins Traditions and history", plunges the historic neighborhood of Saint-Leu into a medieval atmosphere for two days with a market, medieval camp, trades of yesteryear, parades in the streets and on the water as well as other activities. It is on this occasion that the popular tournament of [[water jousting]] runs. Created in 1990, this free event takes place every second weekend of September and gathers an average of 80,000 visitors.
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!rowspan="3"| October
| style="text-align:center;"|{{interlanguage link|Grande réderie d'Amiens|fr|3=Grande réderie d'Amiens|lt=''Grande réderie d'automne''}}
| The autumn edition of the {{interlanguage link|Grande réderie d'Amiens|fr}} is held every first Sunday in October.
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|''Ô mon Cloître''
| Evolution of the [[Nuit Blanche]] (9 editions), this event is dedicated to the performing arts and visual arts and is held in the cloister of the grey nuns.
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|-
| style="text-align:center;"|''Festiv'Art''
| This festival, held since 2006 by the association of "Free radicals", allows regional, national and international artists to find themselves on the same stage for an evening which is followed by street arts and circus, theatre, concerts and graphic services.
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!rowspan="2"| November
| style="text-align:center;"|''{{ill|Festival international du film d'Amiens|fr|Festival international du film d'Amiens}}''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifam.fr/ |website=fifam.fr |access-date=22 December 2023 |title=43e Festival International du Film d'Amiens |language=fr |date=2023 |publisher=FIFAM}}.</ref>
| This international film festival ranks among the five largest film festivals in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/un-des-4-rendez-vous-qui-comptent-ia167b0n233740|title=Un des 4 rendez-vous qui comptent|first=Estelle|last=Thiébault|date=8 November 2013|work=Le Courrier picard|access-date=28 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110090433/http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/un-des-4-rendez-vous-qui-comptent-ia167b0n233740|archive-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> Created in 1980, it is held for nine days in November and records more than 60,000 entries each year.
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| style="text-align:center;"|''Picardie Mouv''
| This festival of {{interlanguage link|musiques actuelles|fr}}, organized by the [[Regional Council of Picardy|Picardy regional Council]], offers eclectic programming that mixes a collage of artists of international, national and local groups.
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!rowspan="2"| December
| style="text-align:center;"|''Christmas Market of Amiens''
| The largest Christmas market in the north of France,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marchedenoel.fr/|title=Le marché de noël d'Amiens|work=marchedenoel.fr}}</ref> it attracts over one million visitors each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/amiens-au-marche-de-noel_485808.html|title=Amiens : au marché de Noël|work=JT de 13H de France 2|date=18 December 2013|publisher=France 2|access-date=22 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222113954/http://www.francetvinfo.fr/amiens-au-marche-de-noel_485808.html|archive-date=22 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The market consists of approximately 135 chalets in the city center and offers various animations (a [[Son et lumière (show)|Son et lumière]] show, [[Amiens Cathedral#Renaissance polychrome sculpture|Amiens, la cathédrale en couleurs]], Ferris wheel, ice rink, village of Santa Claus, parades, and carnival rides).
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| style="text-align:center;"|''[[Amiens Cathedral#Renaissance polychrome sculpture|Amiens, la cathédrale en couleurs]]''
| Winter Edition of the [[Son et lumière (show)|Son et lumière]] show of the cathedral.
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;margin:1em auto"
|+ Multi-annual Events
! Month
! Event
! Subject
! Regularity
! Last edition (Number)
|-
! March
| style="text-align:center;"|''Rencontres internationales Jules Verne''
| These meetings, organised by the {{interlanguage link|Centre international Jules-Verne|fr}}, are held every two years since 1997.
| Biannual
| style="text-align:center;"| 2015 (10)
|}

===Music===
[[File:The rabeats sly flamm marcelo.JPG|thumb|right|The Rabeats]]
Even if it rarely achieves national notoriety (with the notable exceptions of [[Les Fatals Picards]], {{interlanguage link|The Rabeats|fr}}, [[Olympe (singer)|Olympe]], [[Albin de la Simone]], [[Disiz]] and [[Rokia Traoré]]), the Amiens music scene is active and developed. In this dynamic, the {{interlanguage link|Nouvelle scène rock française|fr|3=Nouvelle scène rock française|lt=New French Rock}} scene holds a central place and is organised around a collective, ''Amiens Burning'', which is responsible for networking the breeding ground for the local rock scene, to accompany its projects, and organize concerts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Association Amiens Burning|work=Maison des associations d'Amiens Métropole|access-date=19 November 2012|url=http://www.maam.fr/association/amiens-burning|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126095120/http://www.maam.fr/association/amiens-burning|archive-date=26 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since their creation, {{interlanguage link|La Lune des Pirates|fr}} and Cité Carter also provide support to the local scene. For example, the Cité Carter produces a compilation each year, with local groups.<ref>{{cite web|title=Discographie de la Cité Carter|work=Ville d'Amiens|access-date=20 November 2012|url=http://w2.amiens.com/lesafran/discographie.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229181922/http://w2.amiens.com/lesafran/discographie.htm|archive-date=29 February 2012}}</ref>

Highlights of the Amiens music scene:
* Pop: [[Olympe (singer)|Olympe]], Nathaniel Isaac Smog, {{interlanguage link|Ribo (band)|fr|3=Ribo (groupe)|lt=Ribo}}
* Hip Hop/Rap: [[Disiz]] (born in Amiens), D.S.C. (Dirty South Crew), Lj Crackus
* French singers: [[Albin de la Simone]] (born in Amiens), [[EmilieAnneCharlotte]]
* World Music: [[Rokia Traoré]] (Malian-born singer who lived in Amiens in the 1990s)
* Multiple genres: [[Les Fatals Picards]], Zic Zazou (group of nine musicians created in 1982 and winner of La Grande Battle in November 2012)

Classical music is represented by the {{interlanguage link|Orchestre de Picardie|fr}} and the University Orchestra of Picardy. Vocal practice is represented by the Regional Choir of Picardy, the University Choir of Picardie, and the Choir of France Picardy.

One can also include the Harmony Saint-Pierre, a [[fanfare]] of 70 musicians, which has become a local institution since its inception in 1894.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harmonie Saint Pierre|access-date=20 November 2012|url=http://www.harmoniesaintpierre.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126014527/http://harmoniesaintpierre.com/|archive-date=26 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The city has the {{interlanguage link|Conservatoire à rayonnement régional d'Amiens|fr}}, seat of strong musical activity (framed by 70 teachers, an administrative and technical team with an additional 20 people).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/conservatoire/conservatoire.html |title=Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional |work=amiens.fr |access-date=24 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111235743/http://www.amiens.fr/vie-quotidienne/culture/conservatoire/conservatoire.html |archive-date=11 November 2013  }}</ref>

===Literature===
Amiens saw rise, over the centuries, to major writers.<ref>Collectif, " Amiens Ville d'Art et d'Histoire – le guide ". " Vie littéraire à Amiens sous l'ancien Régime " et " La vie littéraire au siècle XIX ", éditions du patrimoine, centre des monuments nationaux, 2007, p.26 and p.35.</ref> In the first half of the 17th century, [[Vincent Voiture]], poet and letter writer, was the darling of the [[Précieuses]] for the fluidity of his style. In 1634, he was member of the 1st [[Académie française]]. In 1678, [[Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange]], nicknamed "the French [[Marcus Terentius Varro|Varro]]", published his ''Glossarium'' in 3 volumes. This glossary of medieval Latin is still authoritative today. In 1750, [[Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset|Jean Baptiste Gresset]], a playwright and poet who was celebrated in his time and was a member of the [[Académie française]], founded the {{interlanguage link|Académie des sciences, des lettres et des arts d'Amiens|fr|3=Académie des sciences, des lettres et des arts d'Amiens|lt=Academy of Amiens}} which is still active today. He was named perpetual president.

In 1782, the Amiens native [[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos|Choderlos de Laclos]] published ''[[Les Liaisons dangereuses]]'' where he staged a depraved nobility. Considered one of the masterpieces of 18th-century literature, the book has toured the world and is known as an [[Dangerous Liaisons|Oscar-winning film adaptation]].

{{pull quote|Here I am quite citizen of Amiens. It seems to me that I was born. I live very happy, although uncomfortable to work. Amiens is a wise city, even-tempered, and the company is friendly and literate. It is near Paris, close enough to have the highlights without unbearable noise and bustle.|author =[[Jules Verne]]}}

In the 19th century, there was a brilliant literary life around the {{interlanguage link|Académie des sciences, des lettres et des arts d'Amiens|fr}} with historian [[Albéric de Calonne]] and the [[Yvert et Tellier#Genealogy of the Yvert family|Yvert family]]. However, the great name of Amiens literary life is [[Jules Verne]]. He animated all intellectual activity, giving balls and parties, while his wife held a famous [[Salon (gathering)|salon]]. He often attended the library of the industrial society, which subscribed to numerous scientific journals. A member of the Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Amiens from 8 March 1872, he was elected Director in 1875, and in 1881 and, on this occasion, he delivered several speeches of welcome, especially for one of his friends, Amiens cartoonist {{interlanguage link|Gédéon Baril|fr}}, who signed illustrations of {{interlanguage link|Dix heures en chasse|fr}} with [[Pierre-Jules Hetzel|Hetzel]]. Engaged in local life, he was Councillor of Amiens from 1888 to 1904. He was closely interested in the affairs of the city, wrote many reports on the theatre and brought its support to the construction of the {{interlanguage link|Cirque Jules-Verne|fr|3=Cirque Jules-Verne|lt=municipal circus}}.

Amiens does appear explicitly in his novels but there are however characteristic elements of the city such as the cathedral and the river. This is the case, for example, for the imaginary city of Ragz in ''Le secret de Wilhem Storitz''. In the novel ''Une fantaisie du docteur Ox'', the inhabitants of the fictional town of Virgamen, the Virgamenois, refer directly to the Amiénois and their prudent nature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedie.picardie.fr/index.php/Dans_les_pas_de_Jules_Verne_%C3%A0_Amiens|title=Dans les pas de Jules Verne à Amiens|first=Anne-Marie|last=Cojez|date=7 August 2009|work=encyclopedie.picardie.fr|access-date=16 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410144330/http://www.encyclopedie.picardie.fr/index.php/Dans_les_pas_de_Jules_Verne_%C3%A0_Amiens|archive-date=10 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1875, he delivered before the Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Amiens a speech entitled "An ideal city: Amiens in the year 2000" where he portrays himself wandering in a forward-thinking city of Amiens. Since then, the city has built a tourist route from this text.

He died in Amiens in 1905, and he deeply marked the town's footprint, so that today many places, monuments and events bear his name. He rests at {{interlanguage link|Cimetière de La Madeleine (Amiens)|fr|3=Cimetière de La Madeleine (Amiens)|lt=La Madeleine cemetery}} where one can read on his tomb: ''Vers l'immortalité et l'éternelle jeunesse.'' [Towards immortality and eternal youth].

{{pull quote|Such as it is with his distinctive smile, how much I love the Golden Virgin, with her smile of heavenly hostess; how much I love its home at the door of the Cathedral in its adornment exquisite and simple of hawthorns.|author =[[Marcel Proust]] (about the portal of the Virgin Golden of the Cathedral of Amiens)}}

In 1885, Englishman [[John Ruskin]] published the Bible of Amiens, which was translated into French, extensively annotated and prefaced, in 1904, by Marcel Proust. This book dedicated to [[Amiens Cathedral|Notre-Dame d'Amiens]] was the opportunity for Proust to recall his admiration for the English author and the Cathedral of Amiens.

{{pull quote|I would like to give the reader the desire and the means to spend a day at Amiens in a sort of Ruskinesque pilgrimage. It was not worth starting by asking him to go to Florence or Venice, when Ruskin wrote a whole book on Amiens.|author =Marcel Proust}}

In the second half of the 19th century, {{interlanguage link|Jules Barni|fr}}, {{interlanguage link|List of députés of the Somme|fr|3=Liste des députés de la Somme|lt=Member of Parliament for the Somme}}, Associate Professor of philosophy and brilliant scholar translated Kant's work in French and thus enabled its dissemination in France.

A native of Amiens, [[Paul Bourget]] published ''[[Le Disciple]]'' in 1889, a novel today considered his major work. He was elected, 5 years later, to the Académie française.

Born in Sainte-Anne district in 1885, [[Roland Dorgelès]] published {{interlanguage link|Les Croix de bois|fr|3=Les Croix de bois|lt=''Les Croix de bois''}} in 1919. A masterpiece written from his notes taken at the [[Western Front (World War I)|Front]], the novel won the [[Prix Femina]] the same year. Though capable of obtaining the [[Prix Goncourt]], it was beaten by {{interlanguage link|À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs|fr}} by Marcel Proust, 6 votes against 4. A member of the [[Académie Goncourt]] in 1929, he was elected president in 1954 until his death in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.editionstrotteuraile.fr/Roland-Dorgeles_a37.html|title=Roland Dorgeles|first=Jean-Louis|last=Andreani|publisher=Les éditions du trotteur ailé|access-date=16 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409033153/http://www.editionstrotteuraile.fr/Roland-Dorgeles_a37.html|archive-date=9 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1926, the Amiens native [[Henri Deberly]], won the Prix Goncourt with {{interlanguage link|Le Supplice de Phèdre|fr}}, a novel inspired by his home city.

===Cinema===
Many films or scenes from films were shot in Amiens and its surroundings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmpicardie.com/fr/page-les-films-de-a-a-z-211.html|title=Liste des films tournés en Picardie|work=ACAP Pôle Image Picardie|access-date=4 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903022406/http://filmpicardie.com/fr/page-les-films-de-a-a-z-211.html|archive-date=3 September 2013}}</ref>
* 1946: ''[[Jericho (1946 film)|Jéricho]]'' by [[Henri Calef]] with [[Nadine Alari]], [[Pierre Brasseur]] and [[Jacques Charon]]
* 1959: ''[[Head Against the Wall]]'', film of [[Georges Franju]], with [[Pierre Brasseur]] and [[Jean-Pierre Mocky]]
* 1970: ''[[The Clowns (film)|The Clowns]]'' of [[Federico Fellini]] around the {{interlanguage link|Cirque Jules-Verne|fr}}
* 1973: ''[[La Rose de Fer]]'' of [[Jean Rollin]] with [[Françoise Pascal]], [[Hugues Quester]] and [[Nathalie Perrey]]
* 1976: ''[[La Saga des Français: La Rumeur]]'', film of [[Michel Pamart]] and [[Marcel Trillat]]
* 1980: ''[[La femme enfant]]'', film of [[Raphaële Billetdoux]], with [[Klaus Kinski]]
* 1989: ''[[Roselyne and the Lions]]'' of [[Jean-Jacques Beineix]], with [[Isabelle Pasco]] filmed around Cirque Jules-Verne
* 1991: ''[[Walking a Tightrope]]'' of [[Nico Papatakis]], with [[Michel Piccoli]] also filmed around Cirque Jules-Verne
* 1994: ''[[Sister My Sister]]'' of [[Nancy Meckler]] with [[Julie Walters]] and [[Joely Richardson]]
* 1997: ''[[Arlette (1997 film)|Arlette]]'' of [[Claude Zidi]], with [[Josiane Balasko]] and [[Christopher Lambert]]
* 1999: ''[[Je suis né d'une cigogne]]'', film of [[Tony Gatlif]], with [[Romain Duris]]
* 2000: ''[[Elle et lui au 14e étage]]'' of {{interlanguage link|Sophie Blondy|fr}}, with [[Guillaume Depardieu]] and [[Benoît Magimel]]<ref>Tour Perret</ref><ref name="St Leu">Saint-Leu neighborhood</ref>
* 2000: {{interlanguage link|Confort moderne (film)|fr|3=Confort moderne (film)|lt=''Confort moderne''}} of {{interlanguage link|Dominique Choisy|fr}}
* 2002: ''[[Carnage (2002 film)|Carnage]]'' of [[Delphine Gleize]]
* 2002: ''[[Paris selon Moussa]]'', film of [[Cheik Doukouré]]
* 2008: ''[[Paul Rondin est...Paul Rondin]]'', short film of [[Frédéric Vin]], with {{interlanguage link|François Berland|fr}}
* 2008: ''[[Blanche (film)|Blanche]]'', short film of [[Eric Griffon du Bellay]], with [[Romane Bohringer]] and [[Clémence Poésy]]
* 2008: ''[[Louise Hires a Contract Killer]]'', film of [[Gustave Kervern]] and [[Benoît Delépine]], with [[Yolande Moreau]] and [[Benoît Poelvoorde]] filmed around the ''Tour Bleue'' (before its destruction), in the Étouvie neighborhood.
* 2008: ''[[Française (film)|Française]]'', film of {{interlanguage link|Souad El-Bouhati|fr}}, with [[Hafsia Herzi]]
* 2009: ''[[Ricky (2009 film)|Ricky]]'' of [[François Ozon]] with [[Alexandra Lamy]]
* 2010: ''[[Copacabana (2010 film)|Copacabana]]'', film of [[Marc Fitoussi]], with [[Isabelle Huppert]]
* 2012: {{interlanguage link|Les Fraises des bois|fr|3=Les Fraises des bois|lt=''Les Fraises des bois''}}, film of {{interlanguage link|Dominique Choisy|fr}}
* 2013: {{interlanguage link|La Tête la première|fr|3=La Tête la première|lt=''La Tête la première''}}, film of [[Amélie Van Elmbt]]

===Comics===
Amiens is a stronghold of [[comics]] in France. A whole generation of designers and Amiens writers make the city an important creative center of the [[Classificatory disputes about art|9th art]]. The main actors in this generation, include {{interlanguage link|Régis Hautière|fr}}, {{interlanguage link|Norédine Allam|fr}} who notably led the recolouring of the 33 [[Asterix]] albums in the framework of the project "The great collection" and also {{interlanguage link|Antoine Dodé|fr}}, {{interlanguage link|David François (comic artist)|fr|3=David François (dessinateur)|lt=David François}}, Fraco, {{interlanguage link|Hardoc|fr}}, Greg Blondin, and Nicolas Hitori De.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amiens.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/communication/publications/amiens-forum/AF27.pdf|title=Amiens, ville de BD|first=Christian|last=Larrède|date=January 2012|publisher=Amiens Forum|access-date=10 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319133043/http://www.amiens.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/communication/publications/amiens-forum/AF27.pdf|archive-date=19 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The city was also the birthplace or home of big names in the comic strip universe, such as the Amiens native [[Joseph Pinchon]], creator of the character of ''[[Bécassine]]''; [[Paul Gillon]], winner of the [[Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême]] and also {{interlanguage link|Philippe Thirault|fr}}.

Actor of this dynamic around the {{abbr|BD|Bande dessinée (comic strip)}}, the association ''On a marché sur la bulle'' [Explorers on the bubble] organises the {{interlanguage link|Rendez-vous de la bande dessinée d'Amiens|fr}}, one of the greatest French [[comic book convention|comic book festivals]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://lechatdethiers.canalblog.com/archives/2007/05/15/4962026.html|title=Faites des bulles!|date= 15 May 2007|publisher=Collectif des habitants de Thiers/Thève|access-date=10 January 2013}}</ref> Active throughout the territory, the structure also manages a resource center and has an editorial department with the {{interlanguage link|Éditions de la Gouttière|fr}}.

===Regional culture===
{{Main|Picard language}}
* ''[[Chés Cabotans]] d'Anmien'' or the ''Cabotins of Amiens'' is a small Picardy traditional puppet theatre founded in 1933. Lafleur, the hero, was created around 1811 at {{interlanguage link|Saint-Leu (Amiens)|fr|3=Saint-Leu (Amiens)|lt=Saint-Leu}}. He talks in [[Picard language|Picard]], exclusively. Traditionally a lackey costume (wearing a red velvet [[tricorne]] hat) dressed, Lafleur is cheerful, dynamic, independent and resourceful; its motto is: ''"bin mier, bin boere, pis did rin foere!"'' (Drink well, eat well and then do nothing).
* The Picard language is recognised [[regional language]]. It is spoken in France in the [[Picardy]] and [[Nord-Pas-de-Calais]] regions, and in Belgium in the Province of [[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]]. Various associations work for the promotion and development of Picardy culture expressed in theatre, song, in spoken tales but also {{interlanguage link|Literature in Picard|fr|3=Littérature en picard|lt=in writing}}, notably in novels, journals, and poetry. Since 1993, the [[Regional Council of Picardy]] has developed within the "Office Culturel Régional de Picardie" a cultural policy for the language and the Picardy culture. "The Agency for Picard", created in 2008, is headquartered in Amiens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.languepicarde.fr/pages/rubrique-91/langue_et_culture_de_picardie.html|title=DRAVIE.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220021/http://www.languepicarde.fr/pages/rubrique-91/langue_et_culture_de_picardie.html|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> [[Picard language|Picard]] is taught at the [[University of Picardie Jules Verne|University of Amiens]].
* The ''blasons populaires'' are surnames or the nicknames given to the inhabitants of cities and the Picardy villages. These ''surpitchets'' sometimes come from the history of the city, sometimes a verbal game, sometimes through a mockery of people. The nickname of the inhabitants of Amiens is: ''Chés Maqueus d'gueugues d'Anmien'' [Amiens nut eaters] in reference to an episode of the Spanish invasion. On 11 March 1597, the Spanish armies developed a ploy to seize the city: The soldiers of Hernán Tello de Portocarrero, Governor of [[Doullens]], disguised as peasants, came to the gates of the walls with nuts. The starving citizens of Amiens opened the doors and the Spaniards took the city.

====Gastronomic specialities====
During December, the town hosts the largest [[Christmas market]] in northern France.<ref name=waterways>{{cite book|author =Hugh McKnight|title=Cruising French Waterways|publisher=Sheridan House, Inc.|date= 1 September 2005|page=35|isbn=9781574092103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gm63fwrQ3gsC&pg=PA35}}</ref> Amiens, in the image of the Picardy region, has a rich gastronomic heritage.<ref>{{citation|url= http://www.cuisinealafrancaise.com/fr/regions/21-picardie|title= Cuisine en Picardie|publisher= Cuisine à la française|access-date= 10 December 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121214172446/http://www.cuisinealafrancaise.com/fr/regions/21-picardie|archive-date= 14 December 2012|url-status= dead}}</ref> Here are some of the specialities:<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.keldelice.com/guide/terroirs/lamienois |title= L'Amiénois |first=Frédéric|last=Zégierman|work= keldelice.com |access-date= 29 April 2013}}</ref>

Amiens is known for a few local foods, including "[[macarons d'Amiens]]", small, round-shaped biscuit-type macaroons made from [[almond paste]], fruit and honey, which were first recorded in 1855;<ref>{{cite book|author=Nick Rider|title=Short Breaks Northern France|publisher=New Holland Publishers|date=1 May 2005|page=135|isbn=9781860111839|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jwG65xpOh9oC&pg=PA135}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> {{interlanguage link|Tuile d'Amiens au chocolat|fr|3=Tuile d'Amiens au chocolat|lt="tuiles amienoises"}}, chocolate and orange curved "[[tuile]]s" or biscuits; {{interlanguage link|Pâté de canard d'Amiens|fr}} – duck pâté in pastry, made since the 17th century;<ref>{{cite book|author =Michelin|title=Michelin Green Guide Northern France & Paris Region|publisher=Michelin|date=16 April 2010|page=62|isbn=9781906261887|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fmTue2YyOMUC&pg=PA62}}</ref> and "la [[ficelle Picarde]]", an oven-baked cheese-topped [[crêpe]] with ham and mushroom filling,<ref name=waterways/><ref>{{cite book|author1=Russel Cousins |author2=Ron Hallmark |author3=Ian Pickup |title=Studying and Working in France: A Student Guide|publisher=Manchester University Press ND|date=15 December 1994|page=111|isbn=9780719042201 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=23q7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA111}}</ref> then topped with fresh cream flavoured with nutmeg, white pepper, and sprinkled with grated cheese before being browned in the oven. The region is also known for "[[flamiche aux poireaux]]", a puff pastry tart made with leeks and cream.<ref>{{cite book|author =Alan Rogers|title=Alan Rogers France 2007|publisher=Alan Rogers Guides Ltd|date=1 January 2007|page=88|isbn=9780955048647|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B2SzhUPQXQgC&pg=PA88}}</ref>

Other dishes include:
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* The soup of the ''hortillons'': A spring-vegetable soup which originated in the ''hortillonnages''.
* The bisteu or bigalan: Potatoes, onions and bacon pie.
* The {{interlanguage link|Andouillette amiénoise|fr}}: Pork dumpling mixed with a panade and onions.
* {{interlanguage link|Beignet d'Amiens|fr}} so-called ''pets d'âne'' [donkey pets]: Small round doughnuts and fried fresh goat's cheese and beef marrow.
* The {{interlanguage link|Gâteau battu|fr}}: Golden yellow brioche crumbs with an aerated texture. It is rich in eggs and butter.
* The galopin: A [[French toast]] made from brioche bread cooked like a big pancake.
* The Picardy rabotte: Apple wrapped and baked in a puff pastry.
* The Dariole of Amiens: A popular pastry from the 18th century, topped with a cream with almonds.
* Amiens barley sugar.
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The [[Rambo apple#Summer Rambo|Summer Rambo]] apple cultivar originated near Amiens in the 16th century.

===Notable people===
[[File:0 Saint Pierre l'Ermite - Amiens.JPG|thumb|170px|Statue of [[Peter the Hermit]] by {{interlanguage link|Gédéon de Forceville|fr}}, near to the cathedral.]]
[[File:Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset.jpeg|thumb|170px|[[Jean-Baptiste Gresset]]]]
[[File:Laclos.jpg|thumb|right|170px|[[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos|Choderlos de Laclos]]]]
[[File:Jules Verne.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Jules Verne]]]]
[[File:Oliver Blanchard, IMF 98BlanchardWEO1 lg.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Olivier Blanchard]]]]
[[File:Jean-Pierre Pernaut Nathalie Marquay.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Jean-Pierre Pernaut]] and his wife]]
[[File:Portrait de Laurent Delahousse.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Laurent Delahousse]] in 2013]]
[[File:Emmanuel Macron in Tallinn Digital Summit. Welcome dinner hosted by HE Donald Tusk. Handshake (36669381364) (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|170px|[[Emmanuel Macron]] in 2017]]
[[File:Portrait Najat Vallaud-Belkacem-crop.jpg|thumb|170px|The minister [[Najat Vallaud-Belkacem]] in June 2012]]

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* [[Magnentius]] (303–353), usurper of the imperial title 18 January 350 to 11 August 353
* [[Godeberta]] (640–670), [[nun]] and [[abbess]], patron saint of [[Noyon, France]]
* [[Saint Anschar|Ansgar]] (801–865), known as Oscar or [[Ansgar]], evangeliser of [[Scandinavia]] and patron saint of [[Denmark]]
* [[Peter the Hermit]] (?–1115), preacher in the [[First Crusade]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Peter the Hermit | volume= 21 |last1= Barker |first1= Ernest
 |author1-link= Ernest Barker | pages = 294&ndash;295 |short=1}}</ref>
* {{interlanguage link|André d'Ypres|fr}}, (before 1428–1450), painter and [[Illuminated manuscript|illuminator]]; {{Interlanguage link|La Crucifixion du Parlement de Paris|fr|3=La Crucifixion du Parlement de Paris|lt=''La Crucifixion du Parlement de Paris''}} is attributed to him
* [[Simon Marmion]] (1425–1489), painter and [[Illuminated manuscript|illuminator]]
* {{Interlanguage link|Michel de Vascosan|fr}} (1500–1576), {{Interlanguage link|imprimer du roi|fr|3=imprimeur du roi|lt=king's printer}} and the [[University of Paris]], [[Bookselling|bookseller]]
* [[Jean Bullant]] (1515–1578), architect notably of the [[Château d'Écouen]]
* [[François Dubois]] (1529–1584), painter
* {{Interlanguage link|Jean Riolan the Elder|fr|Jean Riolan}} (1539–1605), physician, professor of [[anatomy]] and Dean of the {{Interlanguage link|Faculté de médecine de Paris|fr}}
* {{Interlanguage link|François de Louvencourt|fr}} (1569–1638), writer, poet and historian
* [[Nicolas Cornet]] (1592–1663), [[catholicism|Catholic]] theologian who was one of the main opponents of [[Jansenism]]
* [[Vincent Voiture]] (1597–1648), known as " le bel esprit " [the beautiful spirit], poet of ''Un Précieux'' and academic.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Voiture, Vincent | volume= 28 | page = 177  |short= 1}}</ref>
* {{Interlanguage link|Nicolas Blasset|fr}} (1600–1659), sculptor
* [[Antoine de Cousu]] (beginning of the 17th–1658), music theorist and composer of church music
* [[Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange]] (1610–1688), historian and [[Philology|philologist]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Du Cange, Charles du Fresne, Sieur | volume= 8 | pages = 627&ndash;628  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Claude François (painter)|Claude François]], known in religion as Brother Luc, (1614–1685), painter
* [[Jacques Rohault]] (1618–1672), physician and proselyte of [[Mechanical philosophy|Mechanism]]
* [[Nicolas Barré]] (1621–1686), priest and founder of the [[Sisters of the Infant Jesus]], beatified in 1999 by [[Pope John Paul II]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nicolas-barre.cef.fr/pages_web/nicolas/sommairenicolas.htm|title=Consacré à Nicolas Barré|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016132704/http://www.nicolas-barre.cef.fr/pages_web/nicolas/sommairenicolas.htm|archive-date=16 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye]], (1632–1702), prominent businessman in [[New France]]
* [[La Grange (actor)|Charles Varlet]] known as La Grange, (1639–1692), comedian who belonged to [[Molière's company]] and was one of the most renowned
* [[Charles Cressent]] (1685–1768), master [[Cabinetry|cabinetmaker]], main representative of [[Regency style]]
* {{Interlanguage link|Jean-Baptiste Dupuis|fr}} (1698–1790), sculptor
* [[Jean-Baptiste Gresset]] (1709–1777), poet and dramatist, (author of {{Interlanguage link|Vert-Vert (poem)|fr|3=Vert-Vert|lt=''Vert-Vert''}} and ''[[Le Méchant]]''), member of the [[Académie française]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Gresset, Jean Baptiste Louis | volume= 12 | page = 583  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval]] (1715–1789), officer and engineer who reformed the [[field artillery]] of the French army.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Gribeauval, Jean Baptiste de | volume= 12 | pages = 456&ndash;789  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Père Féry]] (1716–1773), engineer of the château-d'eau
* [[Joseph Dinouart]] (1716–1786), preacher, polemicist, compiler of sacred sciences and apologist for French feminism
* [[Noël François de Wailly]] (1724–1801), grammarian and lexicographer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Wailly, Noël François de | volume= 28 | pages = 245&ndash;246  |short= 1}}</ref>
* {{Interlanguage link|Louis Antoine Vimeux|fr}} (1737–1814), general of the Revolution and First Empire, Knight of the Royal order and military of Saint-Louis, Commander of the Légion d'honneur, hereditary baron, Governor of the Place de Luxembourg (from 1802 to 1814)
* {{Interlanguage link|Jacques-Firmin Vimeux|fr}} (1740–1728), sculptor in the Cathedral of Amiens<ref>Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'école française au siecle XVIII, Stanislas Lami</ref>
* [[Choderlos de Laclos]] (1741–1803), writer, author of ''[[Les Liaisons dangereuses]]''
* {{Interlanguage link|Pierre Morand du Puch cadet|fr}}, (1742–1822), general of the armies of the Revolution, died in Amiens
* [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] (1749–1822),  mathematician, astronomer, historian of astronomy, geodesist and author of the definition of the metre.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph | volume= 7 |last1= Clerke |first1= Agnes Mary |author1-link= Agnes Mary Clerke | pages = 942&ndash;943 |short=1}}</ref>
* {{Interlanguage link|Charles Dallery|fr}} (1754–1835), mechanical engineer, inventor of the steam engine to tubular boiler
* {{Interlanguage link|Jacques-Polycarpe Morgan|fr}} (1759–1843), general of the armies of the Republic and the Empire, born in Amiens and died at [[Chamarande]] ([[Essonne]])
* [[Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois]] (1759–1832), painter, engraver, physicist and chemist
* [[Pierre Amable Jean-Baptiste Trannoy]] (1772–1833), botanist, physician and hygienist
* {{Interlanguage link|François Marie Clément de La Roncière|fr}} (1773–1854), general of the armies of the Republic and the Empire (name engraved under the Arc de Triomphe of the Star: 11th column)
* [[Pierre-François-Marie-Auguste Dejean]] (1780–1847), general and entomologist
* {{Interlanguage link|François-Alexandre Desprez|fr}} (1778–1833), general of the armies of the Republic and the Empire
* [[Charles Alexandre]] (1797–1870), hellenist and lexicographer
* {{Interlanguage link|Gédéon de Forceville|fr}} (1799–1886), sculptor
* [[Pierre Thuillier]], (1799–1859), landscape painter associated with the [[Barbizon school]]
* [[Aimé and Louis Duthoit]] (1803–1869) & (1807–1874), sculptors who helped the restoration of the cathedral alongside [[Eugène Viollet-le-Duc]] which qualified them for this "last image of the [[Middle Ages]]"
* [[Alphonse Sagebien]] (1807–1892), engineer, inventor of a type of [[water wheel]], alderman from 1878 to 1888
* {{Interlanguage link|Édouard Paris|fr}} (1814–1874), translator in [[Picard language|Picard]] of the [[Gospel of Matthew]]
* [[Antoine Daveluy]], (1818–1866), [[Catholicism|Catholic]] [[saint]], missionary Bishop in Korea
* {{Interlanguage link|Jules Barni|fr}} (1818–1878), philosopher and politician, Member of Parliament for the Somme
* [[Eugène Jolibois]] (1819–1896), politician
* [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]] (1824–1898), painter, idealistic murals ([[Panthéon]], [[Sorbonne (building)|Sorbonne]]).<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre Cécile | volume= 22 |last1= Frantz |first1= Henri
 |author1-link= | page = 673 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Ferdinand Pouy]] (1824–1891), [[bibliographer]] died in Amiens
* [[Albert Dauphin]] (1827–1898), politician, [[List of Finance Ministers of France|Minister of Finance]] in the {{interlanguage link|Government of René Goblet|fr|3=Gouvernement René Goblet}}
* [[René Goblet]] (1828–1905), journalist and politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of France|head of the Government]], President of the Council, [[Minister of the Interior (France)|Minister of) the Interior]] in the {{Interlanguage link|Second Government of Charles de Freycinet|fr|3=Gouvernement Charles de Freycinet (2)}}, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] in the {{Interlanguage link|Government of Charles Floquet|fr|3=Gouvernement Charles Floquet}}><ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Goblet, René | volume= 12 | page = 169  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jules Verne]] (1828–1905), city councillor from 1888 to his death, and before all a writer known to all; he rests in the {{Interlanguage link|Cimetière de La Madeleine (Amiens)|fr|3=Cimetière de La Madeleine (Amiens)|lt=Cemetery of La Madeleine}}<ref group="note">He lived for 18 years in a mansion located in Henriville, which includes an observatory atop a tower. His house, now classified as an Historical Monument, was acquired by the city of Amiens in 1980. Reopened on 24 March 2006 after a year of work, the Jules Verne House is a museum. The University of Picardie is called "Jules Verne". A viaduct east of the city and a lecture hall of ESIEE also bear his name.</ref><ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Verne, Jules | volume= 27 | page = 1030  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Charles Tellier]] (1828–1913), inventor of artificial refrigeration
* {{Interlanguage link|Gédéon Baril|fr}} (1832–1906), cartoonist
* [[Frédéric Petit (19th-century politician)|Frédéric Petit]] (1836–1895), Mayor of Amiens and Third Republic Senator of the Somme
* [[Édouard Lucas]] (1842–1891), inventor of mathematical games and puzzles
* [[Édouard Branly]] (1844–1940), physicist, inventor of the ''coherer'', the first very sensitive detector of radio waves and physician. A high school as well as a lecture hall, one of the ESIEE, bear his name
* {{Interlanguage link|Victorine Autier|fr}} (1840–1874), heroic nurse of the War of 1870
* [[Paul Bourget]] (1852–1935), writer and member of the [[Académie française]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bourget, Paul Charles Joseph | volume= 4 | pages = 331&ndash;332  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Georges Picquart]] (1854-1914), general, [[Minister of Defence (France)|Minister of War]] and French politician. He played a central role in the [[Dreyfus affair]] and provides evidence of the innocence of [[Alfred Dreyfus]].
* [[Louis Thuillier]] (1856–1883) physicist and biologist, born and studied at Amiens, buried in the cemetery of La Madeleine
* [[Albert Roze]] (1861–1952), sculptor
* [[Eugène Cosserat]] (1866–1931) mathematician and astronomer
* [[Lucien Lecointe]] (1867–1940), politician
* [[Mathilde Auguez]] (1858–1955), light soprano
* [[Henri Ardel]] (1863-1938), writer
* {{Interlanguage link|Victor Pauchet|fr}} (1869–1936), surgeon; a clinic founded in 1896 and a square bear his name
* [[Victor-Ferdinand Bourgeois]] (1870–1957), painter and illustrator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chestercollections.com/cgi?usr=gy5ez8ke6a&lg=fr&pag=2137&tab=102&rec=158&frm=0&id=3950&flux=82359669 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111234826/http://www.chestercollections.com/cgi?usr=gy5ez8ke6a&lg=fr&pag=2137&tab=102&rec=158&frm=0&id=3950&flux=82359669 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2013 |title=Biographie de Victor-Ferdinand Bourgeois }}</ref>
* [[Joseph Pinchon]] (1871–1953), cartoonist, creator of ''[[Bécassine]]''
* [[Auguste Sérieyx]] (1865–1949), musicologist, composer
* [[Germaine Dulac]] (1882–1942), film director, film theorist
* [[Henri Deberly]] (1882–1947), writer, winner of the [[Prix Goncourt]] in 1926
* [[Clovis Brunel]] (1884–1971), philologist
* [[Roland Dorgelès]] (1885–1973), writer
* [[Clovis Trouille]] (1889–1975), painter
* [[Alphonse Métérié]] (1887–1967), poet
* [[Jean Catelas]] (1894–1941), member of Amiens in 1936, guillotined on 24 September 1941, under the regime of Philippe Pétain
* [[Alfred Georges Regner]] (1902–1987), painter, engraver
* [[Odette Hallowes]] (1912–1995), World War II heroine
* {{Interlanguage link|Léon Lamotte|fr}} (1912–2011), sculptor
* [[François Spoerry]] (1912–1999), architect, originally behind the construction of the tower created by [[Auguste Perret]] in Amiens
* [[Dolorès Vanetti]] (1912–2008), actress, poet
* [[Madeleine Michelis]] (1913–1944), [[World War II]] resistant
* [[Maurice Boitel]] 1919–2007, painter, lived at 65 ''Rue Richard de Fournival''
* [[Jeanne Joulain]] (1920–2010), classical organist
* [[Florien Decodavaine]] (1920–1942), painter hermit, resistant during the World War II
* [[Philippe Pinchemel]] (1923–2008), geographer
* [[Roger Agache]] (1926–2011), archaeologist, pioneer of [[aerial archaeology]]
* {{Interlanguage link|Pierre Garnier (poet)|lt=Pierre Garnier|fr|Pierre Garnier (poète)}}, (1928–2014), poet, creator of {{interlanguage link|Spatialism (poetry)|fr|3=Spatialisme (poésie)|lt=spatialism}}
* [[Jean-Jacques Perrey]] (1929–2016), electronic music performer, composer, and producer
* [[Véronique Silver]] (1931–2010), actress
* [[Michou (cabaret artist)|Michou]] (1931–2020), director of the Cabaret Michou in Paris
* {{Interlanguage link|Jacques Darras|fr}} (1939–), poet, essayist and translator
* [[Sylvain Cambreling]] (1948–), conductor
* [[Olivier Blanchard]] (1949–), Chief Economist at the [[International Monetary Fund]], Professor at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]
* {{Interlanguage link|Philippe Dessaint|fr}} (1953–), journalist, former director of FR3 Picardie
* [[Jean-Pierre Pernaut]] (1950–2022), journalist, television host
* [[Bernard Devauchelle]] (1950–), professor of medicine
* [[Geneviève Fioraso]] (1954–), [[Ministry of Higher Education and Research|Minister of Higher Education and Research]] in the [[Ayrault Government|Jean-Marc Ayrault Governments I and II]], Secretary of State responsible for [[Ministry of Higher Education and Research|Higher Education and Research]] in the [[First Valls Government|First]] and [[Second Valls Government]]
* {{Interlanguage link|Ivar Ch'Vavar|fr}} (1951–), creative poet of the ''L'Invention de la Picardie''
* [[Éric Carreel]] (1959–), engineer and entrepreneur
* [[Frank Berton]] (1962–), lawyer
* [[Liêm Hoang Ngoc]] (1964–), economist and politician
* [[Anne Brochet]] (1966–), actress
* {{Interlanguage link|Jeanne Savary|fr}} (1966–), comedian
* [[Éric Berger]] (1969–), actor
* [[Philippe Leclerc (footballer)|Philippe Leclerc]] (1969–), footballer
* {{Interlanguage link|Pierre Notte|fr}} (1969–), playwright, Director and former Secretary general of the [[Comédie-Française]]
* [[Albin de la Simone]] (1970–), musician, singer-songwriter
* [[Emmanuel Macron]] (1977–), [[President of France]]
* [[Najat Vallaud-Belkacem]] (1977–), [[Ministry of Women's Affairs (France)|Minister of Women's Affairs]] and [[List of Government spokespeople of France|spokesperson for the Government]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=A2D04D86944EA5393DD0B76D6F556E15.tpdjo10v_1?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000025893289&dateTexte=&oldAction=rechJO&categorieLien=id|title=Décret du 16 mai 2012 relatif à la composition du Gouvernement|work=Journal officiel de la République française|date=7 May 2012}}</ref> in the [[Ayrault Government|Government of Jean-Marc Ayrault]]; grew up in Amiens<ref name="Bertoin">Jacques Bertoin, [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_jeune_afrique.asp?art_cle=LIN18037najatesorne0 « Najat Belkacem, la vie en rose »] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194518/http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_jeune_afrique.asp?art_cle=LIN18037najatesorne0 |date=27 September 2007 }}, ''Jeune-afrique.com'', 18 March 2007.</ref> and is a graduate of the [[University of Picardie Jules Verne|University of Picardie]]
* [[Disiz]] (1978–), [[French hip hop|rapper]], writer and actor
* [[Raphaël Poulain]] (1980–), actor and Rugby Union player
* [[François-Henri Désérable]] (1987–), writer and ice hockey player
* [[Olympe (singer)|Olympe]] (1989–), singer
}}

====Sportspeople====
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* [[Pierre Baruzy]], (1897–1994), boxer and [[Savate]] coach; between 1922 and 1935, he was crowned 11 times as middleweight champion of France
* [[Urbain Wallet]], (1899–1973), footballer
* [[Robert Marchand (cyclist)|Robert Marchand]], (1911–), world record holder of the fastest centenarian cycling 100&nbsp;km
* [[Alfred Letourneur]], (1907–1975), cyclist, [[Cycling records|world speed record holder on flat ground and behind shelter]]
* [[Georges Vallerey]], (1927–1954), swimmer, Olympic medalist
* [[Pal Benko]] (1928–2019), chess grandmaster
* [[Gisèle Vallerey]], (1930–2010), swimmer
* [[Bernard Quennehen]], (1930–), cyclist
* [[Michel Macquet]], (1932–2002), javelin thrower
* [[Jean-Luc Van Den Heede]], (1945–), sailor, [[Around the world sailing record#Single-handed|sailing single-handed world record]] holder
* [[Pierre Mankowski]], (1951–), football player and manager
* [[Daniel Senet]], (1953–), weightlifter, Olympic medalist
* [[Chantal Langlacé]], (1955–), [[Long-distance running|long-distance runner]], former holder of the world record for the marathon
* [[Antoine Richer]], (1961–), ice hockey player
* {{Interlanguage link|François Farout|fr}}, (1963–), table tennis player, triple {{Interlanguage link|French Table Tennis Championships|fr|3=Championnat de France de tennis de table|lt=champion of France}} and [[European Table Tennis Championships|European champion]] by team in 1984
* [[Christophe Léotard]] (1966–), chess grandmaster
* [[Étienne Thobois]], (1967–), badminton player
* [[Gérald Baticle]], (1969–), football player and manager
* [[Nicolas Chatelain]], (1970–), table tennis player
* [[Philippe Gaumont]], (1973–2013), cyclist
* [[Marie Collonvillé]], (1973–), [[Heptathlon|heptathlete]]
* [[Éric Chaulvet]], (1974–), basketball player
* [[Franck Perque]], (1974–), cyclist, double [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|world track cycling champion]]
* [[Amélie Cocheteux]], (1978–), tennis player
* [[Mathieu Mille]], (1981–), ice hockey player
* [[Julie Coin]], (1982–), tennis player
* [[Cédric Ouattara]], (1983–), footballer
* [[Yannick Salem]], (1983–), footballer
* [[Kévin Hecquefeuille]], (1984–), ice hockey player
* [[Lucie Louette Kanning]], (1985–), judoka
* [[Thomas Roussel]], (1985–), ice hockey player
* [[Brian Henderson (ice hockey)|Brian Henderson]], (1986–), ice hockey player
* [[Caroline Loir]], (1988–), canoeist
* {{Interlanguage link|Pierre Soudry|fr}}, (1988–), handballer
* [[Jérémy Stravius]], (1988–), swimmer, Olympic champion
* [[Greg Houla]], (1988–), footballer
* [[Yohan M'Vila]], (1988–), footballer
* [[Dorian N'Goma]], (1988–), footballer
* [[Grégory Beron]], (1989–), ice hockey player
* [[Princesse Goubo]], (1991–), basketball player
* [[Yann M'Vila]], (1990–), footballer
* [[Rudy Gobert]], (1992–), basketball player
* [[Clément Chevrier]], (1992–), cyclist
* [[Mélanie Henique]], (1992), butterfly swimmer
* [[Corentin Ermenault]], (1996–), cyclist
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====Linked to the city====
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* [[Martin of Tours|Saint Martin]] (died 397), Roman soldier, shared his coat with a beggar in Amiens in a gesture which has been remembered
* [[Honoratus of Amiens|Saint Honoré]] (died ca.600), Bishop of [[Bishopric of Amiens|Amiens]] and Patron Saint of bakers
* [[Chés Cabotans|Lafleur]], hero and main character of puppet Amiens "Chés cabotans".
* [[Jean-Marie Roland, vicomte de la Platière|Jean-Marie Roland de La Platière]] (1734–1793), Economist and statesman, lived in Amiens and was Inspector of factories in the city.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Roland, Jean Marie | volume= 23 | pages = 462&ndash;464  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Antoine-Augustin Parmentier|Antoine Parmentier]], (1737–1813), military [[pharmacist]], [[Agricultural engineering|agronomist]], nutritionist and hygienist. Member of the Academy of sciences of Amiens,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/la-ville-est-tout-a-fait-fondee-a-parler-de-parmentier-ia167b0n8436|title=La ville est tout à fait fondée à parler de Parmentier|date=10 February 2013|publisher=Le Courrier picard|access-date=24 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111235046/http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/la-ville-est-tout-a-fait-fondee-a-parler-de-parmentier-ia167b0n8436|archive-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> he popularized the consumption of potatoes
* [[Jacques Delille]] or Abbé Delille, (1738–1813), poet and translator, a member of the French Academy, was a professor at the college of Amiens
* [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]] (1744–1829), [[Natural history|naturalist]] who laid the foundations of the [[Objections to evolution|theory of the evolution of species]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de | volume= 16 | pages = 101&ndash;102  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville]], (1746–1805), philosopher, poet, priest in Amiens and pioneer of fantasy literature
* [[Madame Roland]] (1754–1793), figure of the [[French Revolution]], face of the [[Girondist]] party, lived in Amiens
* [[Marguerite Georges]], (1787–1867), famous actress, lived at Amiens and began her career there
* {{Interlanguage link|Camille Léon de Chassepot de Beaumont|fr}}, (1808–1893), [[colonel]] in the [[National Guard (France)#National Guard from 1831 to 1872|National Guard]] who, under his command, distinguished himself on 17 November 1870<ref>[[Battle of Amiens (1870)]]</ref>
* [[Jules Joseph Lefebvre|Jules Lefebvre]], (1836–1911), painter, student of the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts]] of Amiens<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/content/download/63454/485933/version/1/file/Communiqu%C3%A9+de+presse+Lady+Godiva.pdf |title=LADY GODIVA Amiens Musée de Picardie |date=20 June 2012 |publisher=culturecommunication.gouv.fr |access-date=21 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904084632/http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/content/download/63454/485933/version/1/file/Communiqu%C3%A9%2Bde%2Bpresse%2BLady%2BGodiva.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2015  }}</ref>
* [[Jón Sveinsson]], (1857–1944), Icelandic priest and author of popular children's books, studied and did his [[novitiate]] in Amiens
[[Marie Denizard]] (1872-1959), in January 1913, the first woman to stand as a candidate in a French presidential election. Lived in Amiens as an adult 
* [[Auguste Perret]], (1874–1954), architect, creator of the [[Tour Perret (Amiens)|Tour Perret]]
* [[Jean Moulin]] (1899–1943), [[Prefect (France)|prefect]] and [[French Resistance|resistant]], was Secretary general of the prefecture of Somme
* [[Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque]] (1902–1947), [[Marshal of France]], began his studies at the college of the ''Providence''<ref>José Brice, Patton-Leclerc, éd. Société des Ecrivains, 2014, {{ISBN|978-2-342-02324-4}}, 190 p., p. 21; Christine Levisse-Touzé et Musée Jean Moulin, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, 1902–1947: la légende d'un héros, éd. Paris-Musées, 2002, {{ISBN|978-2-84734-033-4}}, 159 p., p. 19; Michel Marmin, Leclerc, Éditions Chronique, 2013, {{ISBN|979-10-90871-96-0}}, 136 p., Philippe fait ses études chez les Jésuites</ref>
* [[Alfred Manessier]], (1911–1993), painter, pupil of the [[École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts|École des beaux-arts]] of Amiens
* [[Robert Mallet (writer)|Robert Mallet]], (1915–2002), civil servant, writer and man of French radio, founder and Rector of the {{Interlanguage link|Académie d'Amiens (education)|fr|3=Académie d'Amiens (éducation)|lt=Academy of Amiens}}
* [[Jacques Le Goff]], (1924–2014), medievalist historian, he taught at the {{Interlanguage link|Lycée Louis-Thuillier|fr}}
* [[Alain Bombard]], (1924–2005), medical biologist and navigator, lived in Amiens for twenty years
* André Crépin (1928–2013), essayist, linguist and medievalist, Member of the [[Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres]], lived in Amiens
* {{Interlanguage link|Gilbert Richard|fr}}, (1928–), television producer and host on the first television channel (1960–1992)
* [[Vladimir Volkoff]], (1932–2005), writer, lived in Amiens
* [[Stéphane Le Foll]], (1960–), politician, Minister of agriculture in [[Ayrault Government|Jean-Marc Ayrault I and II]], [[First Valls Government|Manuel Valls I]] and [[Second Valls Government|II]] Governments, graduated from the agricultural college of Amiens Le Paraclet
* [[Grégoire Delacourt]], (1960–), writer, had part of his studies at the school of Providence in Amiens
* [[Catherine Fleury-Vachon]], (1966–), judoka, Olympic champion; head of the "pôle Espoirs" of Amiens un 1998–2005
* [[Frédéric Cuvillier]], (1968–), politician, Deputy [[Minister of Transport (France)|Minister of transport and maritime economy]] in [[Ayrault Government|Jean-Marc Ayrault I and II]], [[First Valls Government|Manuel Valls I]] Governments, graduated in law at the [[University of Picardie Jules Verne|University of Picardy]]
* [[Laurent Delahousse]] (1969–), journalist and television presenter, grew up in Amiens
* [[Pascale Boistard]], (1971–), politician, [[Ministry of Women's Affairs (France)|Secretary of State for the rights of women]] in the [[Second Valls Government]], [[National Assembly (France)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Somme's 1st constituency]] (Northern Amiens)
* [[Benjamin Biolay]], (1973–), singer-songwriter, lived in Amiens<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fr.calameo.com/read/001202835aa7ee785b2a1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628202336/http://fr.calameo.com/read/001202835aa7ee785b2a1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 June 2013 |title=Vite dit |date=April 2013 |publisher=Amiens Forum n°40 |access-date=29 April 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Miss Kittin]], (1973–), DJ, studied in Amiens
* [[Élodie Gossuin|Élodie Gossuin-Lacherie]], (1980–), television presenter, radio host, [[Miss France]] and [[Miss Europe]] 2001, registered at the [[Regional Council of Picardy|Picardy regional Council]] since 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.picardie.fr/LACHERIE-GOSSUIN-Elodie |title=LACHERIE-GOSSUIN Elodie |date=2010 |publisher=Conseil Régional de Picardie |access-date=22 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022171955/http://www.picardie.fr/LACHERIE-GOSSUIN-Elodie |archive-date=22 October 2014  }}</ref>
* [[Nicolas Duvauchelle]], (1980–), actor and model, has lived in Amiens<ref name="Blondeau 2011" />
* [[Édouard Louis]], (1992–), writer and academic, studied at the Lycée Madeleine Michelis and the [[University of Picardie Jules Verne|University of Picardy]]
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===Heraldry, logo and motto===
{{Blazon-arms
| img1=Blason fr ville Amiens.svg
| legend1=Arms of Amiens
| text=The arms of Amiens are [[blazon]]ed :<br />''"Of [[gules]] to ivy of argent, the chief [[Azure (heraldry)|azure]] sown of fleurs-de-lis [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]."''<br /><br />Motto: "Liliis tenaci vimine jungor",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9G82AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Liliis+tenaci+vimine+jungor+%22&pg=PA58|title=Mémoires de la Société des...|work=Google Books|year=1863}}</ref> which means 'a strong bond unites the lilies'.<br /><br />Amiens, a fortress city, suffered attacks and resisted, staying French. Its coat of arms symbolise this attachment to France, commitment symbolised by ivy. France being symbolised by the seedlings of fleurs-de-lis authorised by the Kings of France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espritdepicardie.com/temoignage/les-armoiries-de-la-ville-damiens|title=Les armoiries de la ville d'Amiens|work=espritdepicardie.com|access-date=22 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111221033748/http://www.espritdepicardie.com/temoignage/les-armoiries-de-la-ville-damiens|archive-date=21 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{Blazon-arms
| img1=Armoirie ville fr Amiens.svg
| legend1=
| text=In the full arms of the city, holding and support are two unicorns, support is of acanthus leaves, while the [[Crest (heraldry)|crest]] is a castle keep of five parts. The two figures emblazoned in the arms of Amiens are lily and ivy, which today still decorate the city logo. The unicorn is a symbol of the knightly virtues of purity and attraction to beauty and delicacy. Even today, the unicorn makes a number of references in the city: The [[Stade de la Licorne|eponymous stadium]], the coat of arms of the [[Amiens SC|Amiens football team]] as well as the award of the [[Festival international du film d'Amiens|Amiens International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amiens.fr/la_ville_la_metropole/les_armoiries_damiens.html |title=Les armoiries d'Amien |work=amiens.fr |access-date=22 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423192241/http://amiens.fr/la_ville_la_metropole/les_armoiries_damiens.html |archive-date=23 April 2013 }}</ref>
}}

;Logo of the city of Amiens
In 1991, the municipality formed around [[Gilles de Robien]] designed a new logo, incorporating the Fleur-de-lis and the Ivy leaf present on the coat of arms, placed side by side in red with a background of grey or white, depending on usage.
* A [[Postage stamp|stamp]] representing the arms of the city was issued in 1962, this issue fitted into one of the ''Arms of cities''. Its power of postage was five cents. It was issued on 23 January 1962 and withdrawn from sale on 23 January 1977. A ''first day'' was arranged in Amiens on 21 July 1962. It was designed by {{interlanguage link|Robert Louis (architect)|fr|3=Robert Louis|lt=Robert Louis}}. Artist [[Arman]] made a board collage of this stamp.<ref>Œuvre listed under the No. APA #8005.62.010 Arman archives in New York.</ref>