Saturday 2nd October 2021
This morning we serviced the van at the aire before driving into the centre of Beauvais where we managed to park and walk to Saint Peter's Cathedral.
The interior height is difficult to estimate. You have to bend your neck a lot to look up at the ceiling!
However the building appears to be on the verge of collapse with numerous girders supporting it both inside and outside.
There are numerous very fine stained glass windows. Followers of this blog (if there are any) may find it strange that a couple of atheists find it so interesting visiting old cathedrals. I'm not sure myself why I'm fascinated with these places!
Beauvais seems a very pleasant city. This building is a museum but was closed today.
This is the oldest house in Beauvais. It was moved from it's original site where it was threatened with demolition to it's present place next to the cathedral.
We moved on south to take a look at Chateau Gaillard overlooking the Seine.
Below the chateau lies the town of Les Andelys on the bank of the Seine. We stopped there to do a supermarket shop.
After crossing the Seine on this bridge we stopped for a short while to look back at Chateau Gaillard.
It would have been a long steep walk to get up to the chateau ruins, there is no road going there, so we reckoned it was best viewed from afar.
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We have stopped for the night at a Sports Centre car park at Creve Coeur. There was a football match on when we arrived. As night drew in it started to rain heavily.
Today we travelled 63 miles (101 kilometres). We are at: N49.0996 E1.2427
3 comments:
Yes, a blog follower is following your blog, j cymru
What a magnificent building Beauvais Cathedral is. Thank you for sharing those pictures. I think it is very natural to respond to religious monuments of the past be they pagan, Christian, Islamic etc. with a sense of amazement. They represent a personal and communal belief that considers their best endeavour should celebrate and give thanks to their particular deity around whom their life revolves. It is astonishing that so many people involved in their planning and construction often over a very long period of time can produce what is ultimately a superbly integrated structure. We cannot but be amazed.
Anne-Marie
Many thanks Anne Marie and Judy for your comments. It's nice to know that there are people out there looking at the blog. Roger
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