Noyon Travel Guide

  Looking Up at Door Jamb Decoration
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  • Looking Up at Door Jamb Decoration
      Looking Up at Door Jamb Decoration
    by hquittner
  • The 16C Cathedral Library
      The 16C Cathedral Library
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  • End of Lodging and Start of Ruins
      End of Lodging and Start of Ruins
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  • Cloister Gallery
      Cloister Gallery
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  • Abbot's Lodgings with Classical Facadde
      Abbot's Lodgings with Classical Facadde
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Walk In the Cloister

Walk In the Cloister, Noyon

 hquittner Says:  The cloister is on the north side(left) of the church Only one gallery exists plus a chapter house and a grassy center. The stone tracery on the inner windows is quite impressive. 

Enter the Cathedral

Enter the Cathedral, Noyon

 hquittner Says:  The nave has 5 bays and achieves its height by a 4-level elevation (which was going out of style). The tribune level is attractively decorated. The choir is as tall as the nave and has a fan-like appearance on its vaulting over the apse. There are nine chapels around the... 

See the Cathedral

See the Cathedral, Noyon

 hquittner Says:  Building of the cathedral started in the early 13C, about the same time as the one we had just seen in Laon.Its South tower was erected by 1220. The more attractive North tower came in the 14C. The spires were never added. The three-bayed recessed porch leading to its doors... 

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Citotel Hotel le Cedre

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Visit Ourscamp Abbey

Visit Ourscamp Abbey, Noyon

 hquittner Says:  Ourscamp Abbey is 6 km South of Noyon. The Abbey was repopulated after WWII occupying the 18C Abbot’s quarters which have a classic facade. It was a cotton factory after the Revolution. The ruins are effects of WW 1. (See other Tips under Ourscamp). It is a fine romantic... 

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 We did not explore Noyon as we were hurrying onward to Amiens and had spent too long drinking in the atmosphere at Ourscamp Abbey 6 km south (see Tips there and here as Off the Beaten Path). There was... 

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