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EUR 62 - 110 Logis Le Saint Eloi
This beautiful 19th-century hotel is located near the centre of Noyon. It offers elegantly furnished rooms and suites with free Wi-Fi internet access.… MoreEUR 79 - 90 Hotel Le Cèdre
Facing the famous cathedral, Hotel Le Cèdre offers comfortable accommodation and a warm welcome in the centre of Noyon. A large, secure, on-site car … MoreEUR 42 - 48 Etap Hotel Noyon
This hotel is only 2km from the town of Noyon, in the Oise region of northern France. It offers comfortable accommodation and a breakfast buffet.
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Originally a stronghold of the Noviomagus Veromanduorum, The Celtic placename containing the Celtic magos ("field or plain") combined with the Latin novio: Newfield of the Veromandui".— Noyon was still so strongly fortifiedSections of the Roman walls remain. after the collapse of Roman power in Early Gothic style in France, was erected between 1145 and 1235. The bishop's library is a historic example of half-timbered construction.
By the Treaty of Noyon, signed 13 August 1516 between Francois I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, France abandoned its claims to the Kingdom of Naples and received the Duchy of Milan in recompense; the treaty brought the War of the League of Cambrai— one stage of the Italian Wars— to a close. Having been ravaged by Habsburg troops in 1552, Noyons was sold to France in 1559, under the conditions of the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis. Near the end of the sixteenth century the city fell under Habsburg control, but Henry IV of France recaptured it. The Concordat of 1801 suppressed its bishopric. The city was occupied by the Germany|Germans during World War I and World War II and on both occasions suffered heavy damage.
Noyon Cathedral:
John Calvin was born in Noyon, 1509.
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