Liesse-Notre-Dame
Liesse-Notre-Dame (, before 1988: Liesse) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. In the Middle Ages, the village near Laon developed around the cult of the Black Virgin, known as Notre-Dame de Liesse (Our Lady of Liesse, which happens to be French for Joy/Jubilation). Pope Pius IX granted the Marian image a decree of canonical coronation on 18 August 1857.
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- Locality
- Liesse-Notre-Dame
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,530
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- Basilica of Notre-Dame de Liesse
- Notre-Dame de Liesse
- Legends
- Grand Marais
- Population
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Liesse-Notre-Dame (, before 1988: Liesse) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. In the Middle Ages, the village near Laon developed around the cult of the Black Virgin, known as Notre-Dame de Liesse (Our Lady of Liesse, which happens to be French for Joy/Jubilation). Pope Pius IX granted the Marian image a decree of canonical coronation on 18 August 1857.
==Basilica of Notre-Dame de Liesse== The basilica was built during the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. According to ancient documents, the first shrine of Liesse was built by the pious Bartholomew of Vir, with the stones left over from the construction of Laon Cathedral. The portal and façade were constructed in the fifteenth century by Bishop of Laon, Charles of Luxembourg (1473–1509), son of the Count of Saint Pol, Constable of France under Louis XI. Formerly one of the portal stones were engraved with the inscription:
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