St John the Baptist Church

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

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Address
Rue de l'Abbé Bossus 3, Laon, France

Established
11th century

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