| The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Laon (France), ca.1157-1205.
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The exterior (jpeg 92k) ( Photo from "Monuments de France" by P. Lavedan ©B. Arthaud, 1970. ) |
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"
| The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Laon (France), ca.1157-1205.
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The exterior (jpeg 92k) ( Photo from "Monuments de France" by P. Lavedan ©B. Arthaud, 1970. ) |
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| Toward the east end (jpeg 63k) |
East end and up into the high lantern-tower over the crossing (jpeg 34k) (Color photos by T. Ohbayashi ) |
Toward the west end (jpeg 45k)
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