Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Laon, France

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 4.9 km
Ascend 154 m
Descend 239 m

Explore Laon in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Laon

Sight 1: Chapelle des Templiers

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The Commandery of Laon or Chapel of the Knights Templar dates from the twelfth century. It was a Templar commandery before becoming a hospitaller. It is the property of the municipality, classified as a historical monument by list in 1846.

Wikipedia: Commanderie de Laon (FR)

110 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Église Saint-Corneille-et-Saint-Cyprien

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The former church of Saint-Corneille-et-Saint-Cyprien in Laon, in the French department of Aisne, dates from the 12th century.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Corneille-et-Saint-Cyprien de Laon (FR)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Ancien prieuré du Val-des-Ecoliers

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The former chapel of the Val-des-Écoliers in Laon, in the French department of Aisne, dates from the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Wikipedia: Prieuré du Val-des-Écoliers (FR)

250 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Ardon Gate

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The Porte d'Ardon is a gate in Laon, whose current structure dates from the 14th century. It is an entrance to the ramparts of Laon.

Wikipedia: Porte d'Ardon (FR)

213 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Ancienne église Notre-Dame-la-Profonde

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The former Church of Notre-Dame-la-Profond in Laon, in the French department of Aisne, dates from the 12th century and is currently a deconsecrated site.

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame-la-Profonde (FR)

78 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: abbaye de Saint-Jean

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abbaye de Saint-Jean

The Abbey of St. John, Laon was a Benedictine monastery in Laon, France, from 1128 to 1766, which replaced a nunnery founded in 641. The prefecture of the department of Aisne now occupies the site.

Wikipedia: Abbey of St John, Laon (EN)

1042 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 7: Église Saint-Martin

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The Église Saint-Martin is a Roman Catholic church in Laon, Aisne, France.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Martin de Laon (FR)

210 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Abbaye Saint-Martin

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The Abbey of St. Martin, Laon, established in 1124 in Laon in the modern department of Aisne in northern France, was one of the earliest foundations of the Premonstratensian Order. Along with Cuissy Abbey and Floreffe Abbey it counted as one of the primarii inter pares, or senior houses, of the order.

Wikipedia: Abbey of Saint-Martin de Laon (EN)

356 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Porte de Soissons

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The Porte de Soissons is a gate of Laon, erected at the very beginning of the thirteenth century which is an entrance to the ramparts of Laon.

Wikipedia: Porte de Soissons (FR)

998 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 10: Ancienne abbaye Saint-Vincent

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The Abbey of St. Vincent, Laon was a Benedictine monastery in Laon, Picardy, northern France.

Wikipedia: Abbey of St Vincent, Laon (EN)

1568 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 11: Caserne des Dragons de la Reine

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The Queen's Dragons barracks is a building located in Laon, in France. It is located on avenue du Maréchal-Foch on a grip of the lower part of the city in Semilly, it brings together a set of buildings which forms the Foch barracks.

Wikipedia: Caserne des Dragons de la Reine (FR)

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