Laon Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon) is a Roman Catholic church located in Laon, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France. Built in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, it is one of the most important and stylistically unified examples of early Gothic architecture. The church served as the cathedral of the Diocese of Laon until 1802, and has been recognized as a monument historique since 1840.[3]
^ Stoddard, Whitney (1966). Monastery and Cathedral in France: Medieval Architecture, Sculpture, Stained Glass, Manuscripts, the Art of the Church Treasuries. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. pp. 129–136.
^ Stoddard, Whitney (1966). Monastery and Cathedral in France: Medieval Architecture, Sculpture, Stained Glass, Manuscripts, the Art of the Church Treasuries. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. pp. 129–136.
^Base Mérimée: PA00115710, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
LaonCathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon) is a Roman Catholic church located in Laon, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France. Built in the twelfth...
Laon (French: [lɑ̃]) is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The Ancient Diocese of Laon, which rises a hundred metres...
ambulatory and facade of Saint-Denis Basilica; Sens Cathedral (1140); LaonCathedral; Senlis Cathedral; (1160) and most famously Notre-Dame de Paris (begun...
France, with LaonCathedral. From early in the 13th century, the bishop of Laon was a Pair de France, among the elite. The Diocese of Laon was evangelized...
new cathedrals in the Ile-de-France. These included Noyon cathedral (begun 1150), Senlis Cathedral begun (1153); Sens Cathedral (begun 1160); and Laon Cathedral...
in the 19th century, the earliest known medieval gargoyles appear on LaonCathedral (c. 1200–1220). One of the more famous examples is the gargoyles of...
Paris, Reims Cathedral, and Amiens Cathedral. The early and High Gothic LaonCathedral has a square lantern tower over the crossing of the transept; two towers...
early example of a literate king, was closely tied to the cathedral school of Laon. Cathedral schools were mostly oriented around the academic welfare...
(begun 1163); Bourges Cathedral; and LaonCathedral. Ribbed vaults were built by William the Englishman at Canterbury Cathedral and in St Faith's Chapel...
and square shapes. This form occurs in Northern France, notably at LaonCathedral, Italy and England. This style of window is popular in Gothic Revival...
rose windows of early- and high-Gothic cathedrals, such as the example in the north transept of LaonCathedral (1170s) or the west facade at Chartres...
for his unauthorized highwire walks between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, as well as between...
Oigny-en-Valois Dungeon of Septmonts Château of Guise Cathedrals Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon Soissons Cathedral Churches and abbeys Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache...
Herman of Tournai, Herman of Laon or Hériman of Tournai, (French Hériman, Latin Herimannus; 1095–1147), the third abbot of Saint Martin of Tournai, was...
1215. It was soon followed by the High Gothic window of the facade of LaonCathedral (1200-1215). In 1215, the two great transept windows of Chartres Chathedral...
oxen each. The oxen were particularly important in the construction of LaonCathedral, moving all the stones to the top of a steep hill. They were honoured...
particular, the cathedral is characteristic of the Norman and Anglo-Norman architecture of the 12th century, of which Soissons Cathedral, LaonCathedral and Notre-Dame...
The façade of LaonCathedral, 1225, a Gothic cathedral, maintains rounded arches and arcading in the Romanesque manner. Ely Cathedral, England, the central...
the cathedral school of Laon, with his brother Ralph. Around 1109, he became dean and chancellor of the cathedral, and in 1115 he was one of Laon's two...
Langres. He was murdered at Eastertide 1112, in the crypt of LaonCathedral by citizens of Laon who had set up a commune in the city. Guibert's account of...
of Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin (Latin: Dioecesis Suessionensis, Laudunensis et Sanquintinensis; French: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin)...
list of gothic cathedrals in Europe that are active Christian cathedrals (the seats of bishops), but also includes former cathedrals and churches built...
several Gothic structures, claims that the Cathedral of Chartres (begun in the 12th century), the Notre-Dame of Laon (1157–1205), and the Notre-Dame de Paris...
Tournai fonts are at Chéreng, Compiègne (St Antoine), Hautmont, and LaonCathedral. The fragment at Le Tréport is also disputed. Formerly complete Tournai...
Hermann de Tournai, which tells how a party of canons from the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Laon, France, witnessed a five-headed dragon destroy the church...
of cathedrals in France and in the French overseas departments, territories and collectivities, including both actual and former diocesan cathedrals (seats...
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