The Saint-Germain-Scots to Amiens was built mostly in the second half of the fifteenth century, after the Hundred Years War, when the city regained its economic dynamism.
It was replaced with an earlier building dating from the twelfth century.
Symbol of the renewed prosperity of the city, stalls adjoined the sixteenth century a part of the church, which were however abolished in the nineteenth century. At that time, a restoration was also initiated, including in particular the repair of arches and the pillars of the nave, the cleaning of walls...
Historical Monument in 1906, the building was damaged during the two world wars and, in May 1940, a bombing destroyed the south gable and a large part of the furniture. The restoration of the building was spread from 1957 to 1992.
Flamboyant Gothic style, the Saint-Germain-the Scottish church has an architectural singularity: its bell tower is inclined to the north, which earned him the nickname "Little Pisa Picardy."
Weakened, the church is currently closed to the public and could eventually become a venue after work.
It is therefore not possible to admire the beautiful Entombment of the sixteenth century and the statues of the sixteenth it shelters, or the altar and Madonna and child signed Louis Duthoit and Viollet-le-Duc (XIX).
However, the public can observe the church and its bell tower outside or in a free guided walk through the historic center.
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