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Cathedral Notre-Dame de Noyon is a remarkable piece of French religious and architectural heritage. Locate it on the map, book a room nearby in a click, or add it to your travel list to build your itinerary.
About Cathedral Notre-Dame de Noyon
In the town of Noyon in the Oise, the Cathédrale Notre-Dame is one of the very first Gothic cathedrals in France, built from the mid-12th century in the transitional period when the new style was just emerging from Romanesque. Its harmonious grey-stone facade, twin towers and rounded transept ends preserve a purity and unity that make it a landmark in the birth of Gothic architecture. The luminous nave, with its four-storey elevation and delicate galleries, shows the early masters feeling their way toward the soaring heights of later cathedrals. Historic as the place where Charlemagne was crowned and Hugh Capet elected king, Noyon is steeped in the origins of France itself. Elegant, early and profoundly important, Notre-Dame de Noyon is a key monument in the story of French Gothic.