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Porte de Chenizelles

Laon, Aisne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Porte de Chenizelles : classement par arrêté du 22 avril 1932
Protection dates
1932/04/22 : classé MH
Type
porte de ville
Main period of construction
13e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
Bourg (rue du) 1
Commune
Laon
Département
Aisne
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
49.56426, 3.62018
Mérimée reference
PA00115767

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1758 map "43 Laon, Noyon." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Porte de la fin 12e - début 13e siècle, constituée d'une herse, d'un assommoir et de vantaux disparus. Depuis 1663, elle est reliée à la porte saint-Jean par un chemin de ronde sur consoles de fer. Il s'agit sans doute d'une des deux portes commanditées par Philippe Auguste.

English translation

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Gate from the late 12th – early 13th century, consisting of a portcullis, a machicolation and vanished doors. Since 1663, it has been connected to the Porte Saint-Jean by a machicolated wall-walk on iron corbels. This is without doubt one of two gates commissioned by Philip Augustus.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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