Talk:Amiens
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[edit] hortillonages
What does this mean? Is it spelt correctly? The link goes nowhere on Wiki, both wikitionary, www.dictionary.com and google define: say its unrecognised and using google translate from French to English gives hortillonages.
It is misspelled, it has two n's in French according to my Grand Larousse Encyclopedia. I have corrected the spelling but it still is not found in Wikipedia or on-line for unknown reasons. It is the name given to gardens on small islands connected by small canals in the marshlands of the Picardie region of France.Tvbanfield 19:09, 7 March 2007
[edit] War Damage at Amiens
Perhaps the damage to the city of Amiens would be worthy of a paragraph in a Wikipedia article (like in the French Wikipedia). If so, I would be pleased to prepare such an entry (in English).Tvbanfield 19:22, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Protection of the Cathedral
During a visit in 2002 I found two postcards in the gift shop at the Cathedral, one showing elaborate use of sandbags to protect the West portals during World War I, and the other showing immense piles of sandbags inside the Cathedral protecting the columns and some of the statuary during World War II. Does anyone have additional information about these protective measures? Are there any public domain photos available?
Could scanned versions of the postcards be somehow authorized for insertion in a Wikipedia article?
Response in either French or English will be welcomed.Tvbanfield 04:16, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
