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| The images in this gallery were taken in the Town of Amiens, the Bay of the River Somme and the Battle fields and cemeteries of the Somme of WW1 |
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| La Jaune Fille d'Amiens - The Young Girl from Amiens. Bonne Chance - Good Luck. This young girl is about to be married sometime soon. She was selling condoms (!?) in front of the Cathedral in Amiens. I thinks it was to raise money for a girls night out. She was fun and fun to photograph. |
| The doorway of the Amiens Notre-Dame Cathedral. One of the finest examples of the best in gothic art. A world heritage site listed by UNESCO. Notre-Dame d'Amiens is one of the tallest and vastest building of its kind ever constructed |
| British WW1 Cemetery Pernois Somme. In the first world war the western front - a battle line that extended from the channel coast to Switzerland along which, for 4 years, millions of men fought and died. |
| The Killing Ground. WW1 Trenches eighty years on |
| Dieu le Veut - Gods Will. A statue that stands behind Amiens Cathedral |
| British WW1 Cemetery Pernois Somme. Nearly 750,000 Commonwealth soldiers, sailors and airmen died on the Western Front. |
| Colorful doors from the picturesque district of Saint Leu |