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 BINO - Vue sur Laon et la Cathédrale - Laon, France Posted by:  pmaupin
N 49° 33.912 E 003° 37.517
31U E 545214 N 5490477
[EN] A binocular located in front of the old town of Laon, with view on the lower part.
[FR] Un Binoculaire situé devant la vieille ville de Laon, avec vue sur la partie basse.
Waymark Code: WMW1N7
Location: Hauts-de-France, France
Date Posted: 06/28/2017
Views: 3
 The town of Laon, for its oldest part (the upper town), is built on a hill-control that dominates the surrounding plain of a hundred meters. This hillock, detached from the cuesta of Ile-de-France, is essentially composed of sand.
A fortified city on a hill, benefiting from the largest protected area in France (370 hectares), Laon has many medieval monuments, private mansions and houses from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in large numbers, notably in the streets Sérurier, Saint -Jean, Saint-Cyr or Vinchon, real urban museums.
Its subsoil is furrowed with underground, quarry and wells whose preservation is one of the current heritage issues. Located at its summit, its cathedral has earned it the nickname of "Crowned Mountain"
From the top of the hill, in clear weather, the gaze takes more than twenty kilometers. A few kilometers to the south, the Ile-de-France coast marks the northern limit of the Soissons plateau.
Sources : Laon
 La ville de Laon, pour sa partie la plus ancienne (la ville haute), est édifiée sur une butte-témoin qui domine la plaine environnante d’une centaine de mètres. Cette butte, détachée de la cuesta d’Île-de-France, est essentiellement composée de sables.
Ville fortifiée sur une colline, bénéficiant du plus vaste secteur sauvegardé de France (370 hectares), Laon possède de nombreux monuments médiévaux, des hôtels particuliers et des maisons des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles en grand nombre, notamment dans les rues Sérurier, Saint-Jean, Saint-Cyr ou Vinchon, véritables musées urbains.
Son sous-sol est sillonné de souterrains, carrières et puits dont la préservation est l'un des enjeux patrimoniaux actuels. Située à son sommet, sa cathédrale lui a valu le surnom de « Montagne couronnée »
Du haut de la colline, par temps clair, le regard porte à plus de vingt kilomètres. À quelques kilomètres au sud, la côte d’Île-de-France marque la limite nord des plateaux du Soissonnais.
Sources : Laon
Cost to Operate: € 1
Primary Vista: The lower town of Laon/La ville basse de Laon
Number of devices at the site: 1
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