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Soissons Destination Guide

Touring Soissons in France

Soissons in the region of Picardie with its 31,100 citizens is a city located in France - some 57 mi or ( 92 km ) North-East of Paris , the country's capital city .

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Time in Soissons is now 09:44 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: London, The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Brussels. Being here already, consider visiting London . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Soissons ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Atterrissage à Soissons, Cessna 152

3:58 min by AlbertoB777
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Atterrissage à Soissons (LFJS), Cessna 152, F-GVRE, Piste 07. ..

Décollage à Soissons, Cessna 152

3:31 min by AlbertoB777
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Décollage à Soissons (LFJS), Rolling Takeoff, piste 07, Cessna 152. ..


Soiss'n coulisses - Balade au coeur de la ville

2:18 min by Ville Soissons
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L'Office de Tourisme de Soissons vous fait découvrir à travers ce reportage une balade au coeur de la ville de Soissons, vous permettant de découvrir la richesse du patrimoine. Contactez l'Office de T ..

Tour de l'aisne aérien 2012 - 1/4

5:29 min by DECOTTIGNIES Xavier
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Tour de l'aisne en avion le 2 juin 2012, organisé par le comité départemental aéronautique de l'Aisne. Départ de SOISSONS COURMELLES (LFJS) ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Battle of Soissons (923)

The Battle of Soissons in 923 was a battle during which King Robert I of France was killed, possibly by King Charles III (by legend in single combat), and the latter was defeated and imprisoned by Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy who succeeded Robert I as French monarch.

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Located at 49.38 3.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: 10th century in France, 920s conflicts, 923, 923 in Europe, Battles involving France, Battles of the Middle Ages

Battle of Soissons (718)

The Battle of Soissons of 718 was the last of the great pitched battles of the civil war between the heirs of Pepin of Heristal. Since Pepin's death in December 714, his grandson and heir Theudoald, his widow Plectrude, his bastard son Charles Martel, his successor as mayor of the palace in Neustria Ragenfrid, and the new king Chilperic II had been waging a war for ascendancy.

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Located at 49.38 3.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: 710s conflicts, 718, 8th century in France, Battles involving the Franks, Battles of the Middle Ages

Soissons Cathedral

Soissons Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Soissons) is a Gothic cathedral in Soissons, France. The construction of the south transept was begun about 1177, and the lowest courses of the choir in 1182. The choir with its original three-storey elevation and extremely tall clerestory was completed in 1211. This was earlier than Chartres, on which the design was supposed to have been based. Work then continued into the nave until the late 13th century.

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Located at 49.38 3.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: 1190s architecture, Basilica churches in France, Cathedrals in France, Churches in Aisne, Gothic architecture in France

Soissons Memorial

The Soissons Memorial is a World War I memorial located in the town of Soissons, in the Aisne département of France. The memorial lists 3,887 names of British soldiers with no known grave who were killed in the area from May to August 1918 during the Spring Offensive. The battles fought by those commemorated here include the Third Battle of the Aisne and the Second Battle of the Marne. This is a free-standing memorial (one without an associated cemetery) constructed in Portland stone.

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Located at 49.38 3.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: British military memorials and cemeteries, Buildings and structures completed in 1928, Buildings and structures in Aisne, Visitor attractions in Aisne, World War I memorials in France

Battle of Craonne

The Battle of Craonne was fought on 7 March 1814 and resulted in a French victory under Napoleon I against Russians and Prussians under General Blücher. Craonne is a village on the Chemin des Dames, in the département of Aisne. Marshal Blücher had recovered from his earlier setbacks more quickly than Napoleon Bonaparte had hoped, and so the French Emperor was forced to switch his attacks from the Austrian Field Marshal Schwarzenberg back to the Prussian commander.

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Located at 49.38 3.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: 1814 in France, Battles involving France, Battles involving Prussia, Battles involving Russia, Battles of the Napoleonic Wars, Battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition, Conflicts in 1814

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