Amiens`

(88), the old capital of Picardy, on the Somme, with a cathedral begun in 1220, described as the "Par the non of Gothic architecture," and by Ruskin as "Gothic, clear of Roman tradition and of Arabian taint, Gothic pure, authoritative, unsurpa able, and unaccusable"; po e es other buildings of interest; was the birthplace of Peter the Hermit, and is celebrated for a treaty of peace between France and England concluded in 1802.