The cathedral of Notre-Dame d’Amiens is not just the largest Gothic cathedral in France. It is a masterwork of medieval engineering, a towering expression of faith and ambition that can hold Notre-Dame de Paris inside it twice over. The cathedral rises 42 metres to its vaulted ceiling, with a spire that reaches 112 metres into […]
Pavia is one of Lombardy’s richest treasure-houses of art, history, and culture, an ancient university city on the Ticino River, just 35 kilometres south of Milan, whose magnificent Certosa di Pavia (one of the most beautiful Renaissance monasteries in Italy), its Romanesque churches, and the Visconti Castle make it one of the most rewarding day […]
