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Soissons ( French pronunciation: [swasɔ̃]) is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones.
Soissons is a town in the Aisne department in the Hauts-de-France region, 55 km northeast of Reims and 30 km south-west of Laon. With a population of just over 29,000, the town is surrounded by woods and agricultural crops, and its economy remains based on a few industrial units, but especially the exploitation of the sugar beet (typical of ...
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- Soissons Cathedral. From the western portal you’ll notice that the cathedral, started in the 1100s, looks a lot like the Notre-Dame in Paris. This is no coincidence, as the plan for the south tower was based entirely on the famous cathedral in the capital (with the exact dimensions), and although plans for a matching north tower were drawn up the work was never carried out.
- Abbaye de Saint-Jean-des-Vignes. When the cathedral needed restoration in the 1800s, a lot of the stone came from this former monastery just around the corner.
- Arsenal de l’Abbaye de Saint-Jean-des-Vignes. When the abbey was suppressed in the 1790s some of the outbuildings were repurposed as a military site and much later an arsenal was built here in 1878.
- Abbaye Saint-Léger. Yet another sublime piece of religious architecture is in store at this 12th-century abbey, named in honour of the 7th-century Bishop of Autun whose mother had retired to Soissons’ Notre-Dame Abbey.
Soissons, town, Aisne département, Hauts-de-France région, northern France. The town is situated along the Aisne River in a rich agricultural valley surrounded by wooded hills. Soissons derives its name from the Suessiones, a Gaulish tribe that made the town its capital in the 1st century bce.
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Visit Soissons (Hauts-de-France, France) Book hotels, flights, car hire Soissons is a town in the western part of the Aisne department of Picardy, to the south-west of Laon .
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