Notre Dame de Laon | Laon, France

[Matthieu]

http://www.orgel.com/laon.html


Like a Bach fugue, a Gothic cathedral demands all our emotional and intellectual powers . . . .

The exteriors of the Gothic cathedrals of the later twelfth and the early thirteenth century were in perfect harmony with the interiors - at least in the form in which they were planned; for hardly any were executed completely. Few visitors and even few students realize that. Laon is the only one (except for Tournai in Southern Belgium) that can give a true idea of what a French cathedral was intended to look like.
--- Nikolaus Pevsner, from "An Outline of European Architecture"



http://kinkodev.free.fr/register/cp/cp_laon1.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/joel.puissant/cartsitea/laon.jpg

http://amis.des.sentiers.free.fr/images/Laon%20053.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/nef.jpg

http://medlem.spray.se/exnihilo/bilder/laon_cathedral.jpg

http://www.hants.gov.uk/laon-twinning/images/cathedral.jpg

http://www.vitruvio.ch/arc/medieval/gothic/france/foto/v_laon.jpg

http://www.quid.fr/qm/photos/fr_520_bd.jpg

http://www.rad-tour.de/rad-tour/paris1998/bilder/03-07-98-cathedrale-laon.jpg

http://amis.des.sentiers.free.fr/images/Laon%20053.jpg

[Raine]

Why France is so beautiful and extraordinary? :>
10/10

[Phobos]

10/10
Absolutely wonderful!

[Phil]

10

This is my favorite cathedral, it's even more impressive in real.
The inside is amazing too, and its setting on the top of a hill is amazing too, you can see it from very far.

[gothicform]

i give this 10. beautiful.

[Ellatur]

i dislike how it has those towers in the sides. but other than that its really beautiful 9.5

[DamienK]

8/10

[Matthieu]

http://www.arch.montana.edu/classes/arch322/Images/Early%20Gothic/notredame@laon.JPG

http://www.arch.montana.edu/classes/arch322/Images/Early%20Gothic/notredame@laon1.JPG

http://www.arch.montana.edu/classes/arch322/Images/Early%20Gothic/notredame@laon2.JPG

http://www.arch.montana.edu/classes/arch322/Images/Early%20Gothic/notredame@laon3.JPG

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/portail.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/facade_plongeante.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/vierge.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/tour_lanterne.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/rose_chevet.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/vitrail_ouest.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/tribune_triforium.jpg

http://www.caingram.info/Worldwide/Pix/Laon.jpg

[Matthieu]

http://ohbayashi.com/goth/laon1.jpg

http://ohbayashi.com/goth/laon2.jpg

http://ohbayashi.com/goth/laon5.jpg

[Fabio]

10/10


wowow


What a surprise, I never heard of this one.

:okay:

[Valia]

10/10

the betther and more original cathedral in France :)

[Valia]

more words and slides about it, taken here (http://www.beloit.edu/~arthist/historyofart/gothic/laoncath.htm):

http://www.beloit.edu/~arthist/historyofart/gothic/images/laon10.jpg

http://www.beloit.edu/~arthist/historyofart/gothic/images/laon15.jpg


WESTERN TOWERS

The towers are very light and airy, and the corners are garnished with sculptures of oxen, a tribute to the animals that provided so much labor towards the construction of the church.

http://www.beloit.edu/~arthist/historyofart/gothic/images/laon3.jpg

[forvine]

9/10

[Vrysxy]

8/10

[Reflex]

The facade is beautiful but a quite strange...:|
8.5/10.

[Sinjin P.]

9.5/10 I hope I can have a pilgrimage in all these churches.

[El_Greco]

10.

[Ydlar]

9/10...........................................

[Mosaic]

10/10

[(((myx)))]

10.

[skipperBill]

10/10.

[gutooo]

10!

:drool:

[W!CKED]

10!

[AM Putra]

Mega awesome building. 10/10. Salute!

[Kelsen]

8,5 /10

[OtAkAw]

9.5!
I love the creepy beauty!

[marpa]

10/10

[Popiel]

10/10:eek2:

[Nikkodemo]

8/10

[LMCA1990]

8.5/10

[stasiua]

10/10