Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Laon, France
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4.9 km
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 LaonSight 1: Chapelle des Templiers
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.
Sight 2: Église Saint-Corneille-et-Saint-Cyprien
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)
Sight 3: Ancien prieuré du Val-des-Ecoliers
The former chapel of the Val-des-Écoliers in Laon, in the French department of Aisne, dates from the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Sight 4: Ardon Gate
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.
Sight 5: Ancienne église Notre-Dame-la-Profonde
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.
Sight 6: 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.
Sight 7: Église Saint-Martin
The Église Saint-Martin is a Roman Catholic church in Laon, Aisne, France.
Sight 8: Abbaye Saint-Martin
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.
Sight 9: Porte de Soissons
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.
Sight 10: Ancienne abbaye Saint-Vincent
The Abbey of St. Vincent, Laon was a Benedictine monastery in Laon, Picardy, northern France.
Sight 11: Caserne des Dragons de la Reine
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.
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