A little history of Templars' chapel in Laon

Templars knights raised their seat in Laon in 1128. In 1134, pope allowed them to raise a chapel dedicated to saint John the Baptist.

And when the order was dissolved in 1312, it was Saint-John of Jerusalem order who owned the chapel...

Façades are pretty sobers, with only little heads sculpted on the cornice.

We have 3 parts: the rectangular porch, the rotunda and the circular apse.

It looks like the octagon of Montmorillon, also raised by the Jerusalem order, based of St-Sepulchre in Jerusalem!