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Soissons Fortified Gate and Leaning Tower
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The Porte de Soissons closed one of the main entrances to the west of the medieval town. Built around 1200, and despite its deterioration, it remains a fine example of medieval military architecture. Just below it is Laon's "Tower of Pisa", the Tour de Dame Eve, a corner and flanking tower of the medieval rampart. A landslide of its base due to the clay soil gives it its distinctive appearance...
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An anecdote about this gateway!
This is the name we know it by today, but it can also be called Porte Soibert, after the royal bailiff who contributed financially to its construction as early as 1217.
And even the name of its builder has gone down in history: Garnerius!
And remember, even though it was close to the Porte Saint-Martin (no longer in existence), you mustn't confuse them!
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