I like to tell you again about my road warrior trails in my belle France. Again, this is a nice town to visit and will do my introduction in my black and white series, no pictures. Do see later my post on the cathedral. This town needs a revisit, eventually, However, for now, here is my take on this is Noyon !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
The town of Noyon is located in the Oise department 60, in the Hauts-de-France region of my belle France. The town gives its name to the traditional region of Noyonnais, a historical region of Picardy of which it is the principal town. Under the monarchy, it was the center of a bishopric whose bishop-count was one of the Twelve Primitive Peers of France.
The town of Noyon is 32 km from Compiègne, 70 km from Amiens, 40 km from Saint-Quentin,and Soissons, ,110 km from Paris, 131 km from Versailles, and 582 km from my current home. Noyon is also the central point of several major roads in its region: the D 1032 to reach Compiègne and Chauny; the D 932 which extends to Ham; and the D 934 allowing access to Roye, Amiens and Soissons. I came here from Versailles along the BD de la Reine to left on Avenue des Etats Unis (D185) bear left into Rue du Général Pershing (D182) to exit/sortie 5 of the A13 autoroute dir Paris and go into the BP of Paris (bd périphérique) by the Porte d’Auteuil continue dir Roissy CDG airport to the Porte de la Chapelle to connect with the A1 dir Roissy CDG airport passed it and get off at exit/sortie 10 on the N31 road past Compiégne same road now N1031 road, same road changes to D1032 to connect at round point with the D145 road ,round point of place St Jacques bear left into the D932 road or Bd de Chamoloue ,at the round point obelisque de la place St Martin bear right into Rue Jean Abel Lefranc ,same road changes name to Rue Saint Antoine to the cathedral of Noyon.
Other things to see here are the Cathédrale Notre-Dame (see post) in the canonical quarter: to the north of the cathedral, the canons’ houses, rebuilt in the 17C and 18C, the 13C refectory, the chapter library, a timber-framed building from the beginning of the 16C. The officiality is the ecclesiastical tribunal responsible for dispensing justice in the name of the person exercising judicial power in the Roman Catholic Church. The episcopal quarter: to the south of the cathedral, the bishop’s private chapel, rue De Gaulle, from the 12C, the episcopal palace completely refurbished in 1996 , and now the Noyonnais Museum. The museum, the oldest parts of which date from the end of the 12C, The City/town hall, built from 1485 to 1523, presents, in its friezes and window frames, numerous sculptures of bunches of grapes, in flamboyant Gothic style within which is kept the Morienval Gospel Book, a liturgical book of Christianity which contains all or part of the Gospels read during liturgical celebrations. Several variants exist according to the different Christian denominations. The Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, rue Saint-Antoine. The hospital chapel, Avenue d’Alsace Lorraine. Municipal theater, village hall built at the beginning of the 20C, Market Square: the Dauphin fountain erected in 1771, commemorating the marriage of the Dauphin, the future Louis XVI, and Marie-Antoinette. The town is also known as the birthplace of the famous theologian Jean Calvin, whose birthplace it houses. Jean-Calvin Museum, built between 1927 and 1930, at the initiative of the Society for the History of French Protestantism on the presumed site of the birthplace of Jean Calvin ,Also, private mansions of different periods, The Noyon National Necropolis is a WWI military cemetery located in the village of Remy, part of Noyon, The Noyon British Military Cemetery is a WWI military cemetery located in town.
A bit of history I like tell us that Noyon was an important town in the Middle Ages. Charlemagne was crowned king of the Franks there in 768. In 891, after pillaging Balâtre, Roye and Roiglise, the Vikings inflicted the same fate on Noyon. Hugh Capet was crowned King of the Franks there on July 3, 987, and the bishops of Noyon were among the ecclesiastical peers of the Kingdom of France. During the minority of Duke Richard I of Normandy, opposing the seizure of Normandy by the King of France and the donation of various fiefs to Arnold of Flanders, one of his followers, the Norman Sygtryg, who had returned from England and Ireland with Hrolf Turtain, raised fleets to devastate the coasts of the County of Flanders and penetrated as far as Beauvais, Amiens, and Noyon, in order to raise the local Viking colonies against the Count of Flanders. In 1363, Noyon was transferred as an appanage to the House of Burgundy and remained part of the Duchy until Charles V. 1430, Joan of Arc was imprisoned for a time in the small prison of the “Officialité du Chapitre”, before being sold to the English on November 21 of that same year. Treaty of Noyon of August 13, 1516 between Francis I and Charles V (France obtained Milan but abandoned Naples). The emperor finally returned the Duchy of Burgundy to France in 1544 at the Treaty of Crépy-en-Laonnois. The city was definitively French after the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559. On August 2, 1594, Henry IV took the city.
The city was captured in September 1914 during the German offensive through Belgium and towards Paris. In September/October 1914, after the Battle of the Marne and during the Race to the Sea, the front stabilized in the Oise Valley downstream from Noyon. March 1917: The German army reduced its front between Arras and Soissons and evacuated Noyon. The city was recaptured by German forces from March 23 to 25. The battle for Mont Renaud was fierce, blocking the road to Paris via the Oise Valley and maintaining a vantage point over the region. The 57th Line Infantry Regiment distinguished itself in this area. August 30, 1918: Noyon was definitively liberated during the Allied liberation offensive of the summer of 1918, which started from Metz on August 10. On June 1940: fighting along the Canal du Nord and in the town, during the Battle of France. The nazis occupation with Liberation in September 1944, by the US 1st Army of Courtney Hodges after some delaying fighting at Mont Renaud.
The town of Noyon on its heritage : https://www.ville-noyon.fr/bouger-et-sortir/patrimoine/
The Noyon tourist office on its heritage : https://noyon-tourisme.com/les-incontournables/
There you go folks, another wonderful spot in my road warrior trails of my belle France, This is architecture, history and a lot more ; one of the gems of the Oise dept 60, worth the detour , me think, Again, hope you enjoy this post on this is Noyon !!! as I
And remember, happy travels , good health and many cheers to all !!!
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