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    September 27, 2022

    This fortified gate of the urban enclosure closed one of the main accesses to the west of the medieval town. It was built between 1217 and 1236 by a certain Garnerius and topped by a guardhouse in 1562.

    The Soissons gate collapsed, on the town side, in 1895: we can thus guess the internal organization of a defensive gate with in the center of the 1st floor a large vaulted room where the guards in charge of the portcullis were installed.

    A spiral staircase served the different levels and allowed the soldiers to climb to the machicolations under the roofs.

    Despite its damage, it remains a fine example of medieval military architecture.
    laon.fr/VILLE_LAON_21_WEB/FR/Accueil.awp?page=106&m=3.21.257

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