Token - Arthus Bertrand - Cathédrales et sanctuaires de France Laon - Chapelle des Templiers

Obverse

Representation of the Templar chapel in Laon, a French commune in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France region.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CHAPELLE DES TEMPLIERS
PAYS DE LAON

Reverse

A large cross on a gothic architectural background.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CATHEDRALES ET SANCTUAIRES DE FRANCE
2011
Arthus - Bertrand

Edge

Reeded

© PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Mint

Comments

This token is struck by Pichard Balme in Saumur, a subsidiary of Arthus Bertrand since its takeover in 1999.

The token depicts the Templar chapel in Laon.
In 1134, the Knights Templar established a Commandery of the Order of the Temple in Laon.
The octagonal Commandery chapel was built around 1140, with the choir of the central building intended as a replica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
The religious edifice served as a funeral chapel. It contains the recumbent tombstone of Guillaume de Harcigny, physician to King Charles VI of France. Owned by the commune, the chapel was listed as a Monument Historique in 1846.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commanderie_de_Laon

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Ce jeton est frappé par Pichard Balme à Saumur, filiale d'Arthus Bertrand depuis son rachat en 1999.

 

Ce jeton représente La chapelle des Templiers à Laon.
Les Templiers établirent, en 1134, une Commanderie de l'Ordre du Temple à Laon.
La chapelle de la Commanderie, de forme octogonale, a été construite vers 1140. Le chœur du bâtiment central se veut la réplique du Saint Sépulcre de Jérusalem.
L'édifice religieux servit de chapelle funéraire. Elle renferme, en son sein, le gisant de la pierre tombale de Guillaume de Harcigny, médecin du Roi de France Charles VI. Propriété de la commune, la chapelle est classée au titre des Monuments historiques par liste en 1846.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commanderie_de_Laon

See also

• Religious building
• Cross

• Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Pays de Laon (Chapelle des Templiers)

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