Laon

What this place is

• School or library — The cathedral school of Laon, where the Irishman John Scottus Eriugena worked at the court school and where the glossing of scripture that shaped the next two centuries began.

Who is recorded here

• Lothair of France birth · AD 941
• Adalberon of Laon birth · AD 947
• Lothair of France death · AD 986
• Adalberon of Laon death · AD 1030

In art

• The Towers of Laon — Robert Delaunay (1912)
• The Road to Laon — Robert Delaunay (1912)
• The Road to Laon — Robert Delaunay (1912)
• Laon Cathedral, France — Cass Gilbert (1913)
• File:La cathédrale de Laon DSC 0707.jpg — Pline

About the place

Laon is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Aisne department, known for the gothic Laon Cathedral.

From Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-08-14 · CC BY-SA 4.0