Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Pays de Laon Chapelle des Templiers

Obverse

Overall view of the Templars' chapel.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CHAPELLE DES TEMPLIERS
PAYS DE LAON

Reverse

On the periphery the word France written in eight languages. France at 12 o'clock, 2016 at 6 o'clock, all linked by 14 stars on the right and left. In the center, the building of the Monnaie de Paris.

Scripts: Katakana, Hebrew

Lettering:
צרפת ~ फ्रांस ~ FRANCIA ~ ФРАНЦИЯ ~ FRANKREICH ~ 法国 ~ فرنسا ~ フランス ~
FRANCE
MONNAIE
DE PARIS
2016

Edge

Milled

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Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

This token represents the chapel of the Templars in Laon.
In 1134, the Templars established a Commandery of the Order of the Temple in Laon.
The octagonal chapel of the Commandery was built around 1140 and the choir of the central building is a replica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
The religious building was used as a funeral chapel. It contains the tombstone of Guillaume de Harcigny, doctor to the King of France Charles VI. Property of the commune, the chapel is classified as a Historic Monument by list in 1846.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

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.

See also

• Religious building

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

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
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2016											MDP# 02LAON-CT1/16 Jean-Luc Gosse; 2019. L'Officiel des médailles souvenir touristiques événementielles et publicitaires: Monnaie de Paris = The Official Guide to Souvenir Medals for Tourist Events and Advertising (11th Edition). Infopuce, Marseille, France.

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