Laon
Description
Laon is a city in the Aisne département of Picardie, in northern France.
Activities and Sightseeing
The fine early Gothic cathedral. It is one of the finest in France, with openwork towers and a four-storey nave elevation. The interior is extremely light and spacious. The west towers feature an octagonal top storey with square turrets at the angles on top of the square bottom storey. They are decorated with the figures of sixteen oxen, said to commemorate a miraculous ox that appeared to pull a cartload of stone to the hilltop site.
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