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Notre-Dame of Laon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (275 words) |
 | The cathedral of Notre-Dame of Laon is one of the most important examples of Gothic architecture of the 12th and 13th centuries, ranking with the cathedrals of Saint-Étienne of Sens and Notre Dame of Paris. |
| The former cathedral burned in the communal insurrection, 1112, occasioned by the revocation of the commune's charter. |
| The cathedral has stained glass of the 13th century and a chancel screen of the 18th century. |
| Laon - LoveToKnow Watches (1124 words) |
| The cathedral of Laon (see Architecture, Romanesque and Gothic Architecture in France) is one of the most important creations of the art of the 12th and 13th centuries. |
| Laon is the seat of a prefect and a court of assizes, and possesses a tribunal of first instance, a lycee for boys, a college for girls, a school of agriculture and training colleges. |
| Thenceforward Laon was one of the principal towns of the kingdom of the Franks, and the possession of it was often disputed. |
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