Editing Laon (section)

==Sights==
[[File:Laon Cathedral.JPG|220px|thumb|Cathedral of [[Laon Cathedral|Notre-Dame of Laon]]]]
[[File:Gate of Bouvelle Court, Laon, France.jpg|thumb|Gate of Bouvelle Court, Rue Serurier, Laon (France)]]
[[File:Rue Châtelaine Laon.JPG|220px|thumb|Rue Châtelaine]]
[[File:Picardie Laon1 tango7174.jpg|thumb|right|The former funicular, view from the upper town.]]

The city contains numerous [[Middle Ages|medieval]] buildings, including the [[cathedral]] [[Laon Cathedral|Notre-Dame of Laon]], dating mostly from the 12th and 13th centuries. The [[Chapter house|chapter-house]] and the [[cloister]] contain specimens of early 13th-century architecture. The old episcopal [[palace]], contiguous to the cathedral, is now used as a court-house. The front, flanked by turrets, is pierced by large pointed windows. There is also a Gothic cloister and an old chapel of two storeys, of a date earlier than the cathedral.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=190}}

The [[Abbey of St. Martin, Laon|church of St Martin]] dates from the middle of the 12th century. The old [[Abbey of St. Martin, Laon|abbey]] buildings of the same foundation are now used as the hospital. The museum of Laon had collections of sculpture and painting. In its garden there is a chapel of the [[Knights Templar|Templars]] belonging to the 12th century.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=190}}

One of the oldest churches in the city is St John the Baptist, in the nearby neighbourhood of Vaux-sous-Laon, which dates from the 11th through 13th centuries and is built in a mixture of Romanesque and Gothic styles.