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Picardy

Map of Picardy

Population 1.8m | Area 19 300 km² | Regional capital Amiens

Picardy is famous for

• Cathédrale Notre-Dame – located in Amiens this huge gothic edifice is the largest in France. The vast façade has just been restored

• Battle of the Somme - to the NE of Amiens numerous memorials to the soldiers who fell in the Great War

• Horseriding – Chantilly is the country’s thoroughbred capital. The Grandes Ecuries, next to the racecourse, house 240 horses
  

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