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This austere church, contemporary with the cathedral, is a fine example of 12th-century monastic architecture. With its two historiated side tympana, the façade is later, dating from around 1270. Inside, the 17th- and 18th-century woodwork and some elements of medieval funerary sculpture are noteworthy.

For its opening hours, the cathedral is open every day from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm and can be visited free, however, there is an audioguided tour for 7 €

The present Notre-Dame de Laon cathedral is the heir to an ancient building, built under the Carolingians and destroyed during the communal insurrection of 1112. Completed around 1235, the cathedral underwent a major restoration in the 19th century, and again in the 2000s. Note that since September 3, 2021, the building has been home to a “Blueberry of Memory” (a work of art by artist Matt Seaward) offered by the Bishop of Durham (UK) in memory of the soldiers who fell in the First World War.

After the Volksbund took over, development work began in 1933, such as the planting of birch trees that give this cemetery a particular charm or the construction of a memorial site (Gedenkhalle) in pink Vosges sandstone based on the plans of the Volksbund's chief architect, Robert Tischler. Inside this building, which is located at the back of the necropolis and after taking a staircase, one reaches a cloister from which one accesses a crypt in which the names of all the men buried in this cemetery are engraved on large beech wood panels. 

This cemetery, located in a town occupied by the Germans from September 1914 to October 1918, was created near a field hospital.  From 1920 onwards, it served as a nucleus for the grouping of German graves located in around sixty communes, in particular those in the cemeteries created by the Germans during the war in the communes they occupied, such as Mauregny-en-Haye (more than 1,000 graves), Coucy-les-Eppes (more than 500) and Berrieux (600).  The men buried here all fought east of the Chemin des Dames, mainly in the autumn of 1914, early 1915, in April and May 1917 (during General Nivelle's offensive), at the end of May 1918 and from September to October of that same year. Today, this necropolis houses 7,192 bodies: 5,402 are buried in individual and collective graves (of which 8 combatants could not be identified) and 1,790 rest in an ossuary (of which only 54 could be identified).

This cemetery, located in a town occupied by the Germans from September 1914 to October 1918, was created near a field hospital. From 1920 onwards, it served as a nucleus for the grouping of German graves located in around sixty communes, in particular those in the cemeteries created by the Germans during the war in the communes they occupied, such as Mauregny-en-Haye (more than 1,000 graves), Coucy-les-Eppes (more than 500) and Berrieux (600). The men buried here all fought east of the Chemin des Dames, mainly in the autumn of 1914, early 1915, in April and May 1917 (during General Nivelle's offensive), at the end of May 1918 and from September to October of that same year. Today, this necropolis houses 7,192 bodies: 5,402 are buried in individual and collective graves (of which 8 combatants could not be identified) and 1,790 rest in an ossuary (of which only 54 could be identified).

Here, visitors will find an early masterpiece of Gothic architecture, a style often found in this part of France – Chartres and Reims, for example, attract enthusiastic international visitors and are far more famous than Laon. In the following 13th century, many Gothic churches were built, not only in their country of origin, France, but also beyond the country's borders, where this skyward-striving, light-filled architectural style was now in great demand for new churches (for example, the laying of the foundation stone for Cologne Cathedral in 1248).

On the eastern edge of the Chemin des Dames plateau lies the Ferme d’Hurtebise, a place that played a crucial role during both the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War. In 1814, it was the scene of the Battle of Craonne, and exactly a century later it again became a strategic junction in the struggle between French and German troops. From September 1914 onwards, fierce fighting took place here. The farm overlooked the Ailette and Aisne valleys, making it a fiercely contested observation post. French units, including Zouaves and the 12th and 49th Infantry Regiments, tried to hold or retake the farm, often with heavy losses. The family that owned the farm sheltered in the cellar for days while the building was under fire. After months of fighting and bombardment, the farm was reduced to ruins, crisscrossed by trenches. Today the site is a symbol of resistance and sacrifice, and is part of the Chemin des Dames memorial landscape.