



This narrow alleyway, which begins between buildings, will quickly lead you to the ramp of the same name, which is much larger and one of the longest climbs in Laon (almost 1 kilometre in its entire length!).
It did not take on its name of Saint-Just until the 19th or 20th century, as it seems to have been called the Chemin de la Neuville in Laon, or even the Chemin de la Montagne de la Neuville...
You might think that these paths were named after the famous revolutionary from Aix-en-Provence and ‘Archangel of the Terror’, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767-1794)?
Not at all: it probably comes from the name of the saint martyred in the 3rd or 4th century and celebrated in other towns in the region, such as Amiens or Arras...
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