Ville de Laon
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Impressive interior of the cathedral of Laon.
Het indrukwekkende interieur van de kathedraal van Laon.
Built in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, it is one of the most important and stylistically unified examples of early Gothic architecture.
Laon Cathedral is one of the most elaborate and best-preserved of the early French Gothic cathedrals. It is notable for the stylistic unity and consistency maintained over the different phases of its construction.
La cathédrale notre-dame de Laon, magnifique édifice.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Laon, beautiful building
This summer hasn't been much so far, but the variable weather allows some interesting shots in the evening. The cathedral dominates the old Laon skyline with its 5 towers.
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Laon is the capital city of Aisne department in Picardy, northern France, between Saint-Quentin and Reims. Perched on a rocky hill, known as an 'outlier', the oldest part of the city (the upper town), looks down from a height of 100 metres over the plains of Champagne and Picardy below
A foggy night in Laon looking up at the town's dramatic medieval cathedral - Notre Dame de Laon.
Dating from about 1155 it is perhaps the most impressive gothic cathedral I've visited. Laon is quite a small place and it is such a surreal sight to see this huge building in such a sleepy little town.
A newly re-processed photo that I took back in February 2017 during a rather foggy overnight stop in the spectacular hillside town of Laon in northern France.
Laon is only a small town but it has lots of wonderfully preserved medieval buildings including this beautiful cathedral which dates from the 12th & early 13th Centuries. It was built during the same period as the more famous Notre Dame de Paris and is one of the best preserved early French Gothic cathedrals.
Laon la ville haute, ou la montagne couronnée
Cathédrale carolingienne restauré 2 fois l'an 1000 et 1160 le choeur actuel date de l'an 1200.
Ambulatory of the cathedral of Laon (early 13th century).
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The present Laon Cathedral dates from the 12th and early 13th centuries, an early example of the Gothic style that originated in Northern France. The former cathedral was burned out and damaged during the communal insurrection in 1112, occasioned by the revocation of the commune's charter. The present reconstruction began with a choir in about 1160 and was finished as far as the east side of the transept by 1174. In a second campaign, which started about 1180, the nave was built, and completed after 1205. Then the choir was replaced by the greatly lengthened present choir in 1215.
The building is cruciform, and the choir terminates in a straight wall instead of in an apse. Of the seven planned towers flanking the façades, only five are complete to the height of the base of the spires, two at the west front, with life-size figures of oxen beneath the arcades of their upper portion, two more, one at each end of the transept, and a square central crossing tower that forms a lantern illuminating the crossing.
The west front, with three porches, the centre one surmounted by a fine rose window of 1210, ranks next to that of Notre Dame de Paris in the purity of its Gothic style. Because of the use of white stone in the interior, however, the luminosity is remarkably greater than at Notre-Dame. The cathedral has stained glass of the 13th century and a chancel screen of the 18th century. Although the cathedral suffered some damage during the French Revolution and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, it escaped both World Wars unharmed.
The famous medieval artist Villard de Honnecourt made detailed drawings of one of the towers of Laon, ca. 1230.
The 12 th century Laon cathedral nave is made of 11 short bays with a sexpartite vault, aisles, transepts and spacious choir. The cathedral that is light and proportionally built. The architectural style of the nave is repeated in the choir which has a big round window and three lanced windows. Their design mirrors the opposite side that has a round window and three doors.
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a situation de Laon, sur une colline qui domine les plateaux environnants, lui a toujours donné un rôle de place forte. Vers le début du VIe siècle, la ville est devenue un évêché par l'intervention de Saint Remi, natif de Laon. La première cathédrale datait du IXe et fit l'objet de restaurations vers 1113 après des émeutes destructrices.
La construction de la cathédrale gothique est envisagée vers 1160. Laon est donc l'une des premières cathédrales gothiques (après Saint Denis, Sens, Noyon, Senlis et contemporaine de Notre-Dame de Paris). La nef est achevée à la fin du XIIe siècle, les tours des transepts en 1225. La façade est terminée en 1245.
Immédiatement, on ajoute des arcs-boutants à la nef et on envisage la reconstruction du vaisseau central du choeur, afin de réaliser le plus long choeur médiéval (10 travées). A cet effet des pierres sont amenées depuis la carrière de Chermizy, située en contrebas. Des attelages de boeufs sont utilisés pour les monter.
C'est en hommage à cette collaboration animale (d'ailleurs commencée avant les transformations) que des bœufs sont représentés dans les tours de Laon. Enfin, au XIVe siècle, des chapelles latérales sont ajoutées entre les contreforts du choeur. A la même époque, la façade du croisillon sud est refaite en style gothique rayonnant. Aucune grosse modification n'est réalisée par la suite.
En 1790, l'évêché de Laon est supprimé et Laon est rattaché à Soissons. La cathédrale devient donc une simple église paroissiale. Elle ne retrouvera jamais son statut initial. En 1853, des restaurations sont pratiquées. L'édifice a de toute façon été relativement épargné par le temps et les événements.
The cathedral of Laon (1160-1230) in Picardie, France is one of the finest examples of early gothic architecture, with its four-storey elevation and sexpartite vaults.
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