Abbey of St John, Laon

[1] At around the same time the dedication changed from Our Lady to Saint John the Baptist.

The abbey was partly destroyed in the wars against the Huguenots, but rebuilt in the 17th century.

[1] In 1800 the prefect of the department of Aisne took the complex over and today the entire prefecture stands on the site.

The physical remains of the former abbey include some buttresses built into the city wall, parts of a church portal and the 18th-century cloister.

It is commemorated in the street name "Rue du Cloître Saint-Jean".