Laon cathedral

Laon Catherdral sits high on a strategic rock outcrop viewable from miles around. I've passed in many times on my way to and from Burgundy and on the last trip I was fortunate enough to have time to stop off and have a look around. Check me out on: My LinkedIn Page Twitter Facebook My Blog, Lyon Photography

Laon cathedral was one of the first Gothic cathedrals. Laon's people, fighting for their independence, burned the old cathedral and had to build a new one.

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Laon Cathedral, Nave looking East, c. 1180.

In Laon, placed on a ridge and overlooking the flat Picardy plain, St. Remi founded a bishopric in 487. Laon was a very important place in the kingdom of the Franks. A Carolingian cathedral, consecrated in 800 in the presence of Charlemagne, existed here. The Carolingian structure got replaced two centuries later by a Romanesque structure, consecrated in 1071. This cathedral was torched by the citizens during the Easter Insurrection on 25 April 1112. Bishop Waldric (aka "Gaudry"), who had…

The interior of the Laon Cathedral

Laon Cathedral in Picardie, France

Laon: Cathédrale Notre-Dame

Newly restored, and with their horns freshly repointed, the 800 year old oxen have a jaunty air as they look down on us mere mortals below.

Laon Cathedral, France - April 1998